Bengaluru: There was a hearing of the case relating to the acquisition of the Bangalore Palace land at Supreme Court on 20.3.2025. Senior Counsel Kapil Sibal, appearing for the State, had stated that the whole Transferable Development Rights (TDR) issue was due to wrong assumption of law by BBMP and the land already vested with…
Bangalore Palace Ground row: SC asks State to deposit Rs. 3,400 cr. TDR within a week
February 28, 2025New Delhi: The Supreme Court yesterday directed the Karnataka Government to deposit Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates worth Rs. 3,400 crore with the Court Registrar within a week for acquiring over 15 acres of land of Bangalore Palace Ground to widen Bellary and Jayamahal Roads. A Bench of Justices M.M. Sundresh and Aravind Kumar hammered…
Bangalore Palace land controversy: Apex Court directs State Govt. to implement TDR order
February 14, 2025Order non-negotiable; Your officers will be in soup if the order is not implemented: SC Bench New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka Government to implement its previous order regarding the issuance of Transferable Development Rights (TDR) under the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957 to the legal heirs of the late scion of the…
State taking Ordinance route is unjust move: Raja Chandra
January 25, 2025Mysuru: “The Karnataka Cabinet has decided to take over the entire Bangalore Palace land through an Ordinance. Even this has to have the Governor’s signature. This decision comes amidst threat of contempt of Court. Let us see what the Supreme Court says on Feb. 4,” said R. Raja Chandra, a member of erstwhile Mysore royal…
Renukaswamy Murder Case: SC refuses to cancel bail granted to actor Darshan and others
January 24, 2025New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) this morning refused to cancel the bail granted by the Karnataka High Court (HC) to Kannada actor Darshan, Pavithra Gowda and other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case. However, the Apex Court agreed to examine Government of Karnataka’s challenge. The SC Bench comprising Justices J.B. Pardiwala and R. Mahadevan…
Vedike demands 6% internal reservation for Madigas
January 22, 2025Mysuru: With the Supreme Court on Aug. 1, 2024, ruling that States are Constitutionally empowered to make sub-classifications within the Scheduled Castes (SC), which form a socially heterogeneous class, for granting reservation for the upliftment of castes that are socially and educationally more backward, city-based Karnataka Samaajika Nyayapara Vakeelara Vedike has urged the Government to…
SC orders Government to issue TDR to Mysore Royal Family
December 13, 2024New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the Karnataka Government and Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Tuesday, to issue Transferable Development Rights (TDRs) as per the Karnataka Stamp Act to the legal heir of the late scion of Mysore Royal Family Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar for the proposed acquisition of the land of Bangalore Palace…
Misuse of IPC Section 498A: Apex Court raises alarm
December 12, 2024New Delhi: In a landmark ruling, the Supreme Court on Tuesday expressed serious concerns over the increasing misuse of Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), a provision originally intended to protect married women from cruelty by their husbands and in-laws. The judgement, delivered in the case of Dara Lakshmi Narayana and Others. State…
Fate of dilapidated heritage Devaraja Market and Lansdowne buildings
December 10, 2024Supreme Court case likely to impede Cabinet approval for DPR Archaeological Survey of India, Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage now parties to petition Mysuru: While the Urban Development Department prepares to present the Detailed Project Report (DPR) for the long-pending demolition and reconstruction of the Lansdowne Building and Devaraja Market to the…
SC directs State Govt. to pay relief to Mysuru land owners
December 6, 2024New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) has passed an order directing the Karnataka Government to pay compensation as per market rate, to the owner of two acres of land at Hinkal village in Mysuru district, acquired for developing Vijayanagar Layout back in 1986. The Bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan also remarked that,…
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