Mysore/Mysuru: In a perpetuating exercise towards the conservation of the now defunct Lansdowne Building, opposite City Bus Stand in Mysuru, a team of experts from the The Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) have been collecting the samples of construction materials of yore. A make-shift machinery, comprising a motor pump and metal…
Supreme Court orders release of Thug Life in Karnataka
June 17, 2025New Delhi: The Supreme Court today slammed the Karnataka Government and asked it to allow the release of Kamal Haasan’s Tamil film Thug Life, stating that it cannot allow mobs and vigilantes to take over the streets. Expressing concerns over the “extra-judicial ban” on the screening of Thug Life, directed by Mani Ratnam, a Bench,…
Advocate seeks recall of Dr. Saleem as acting DG&IGP
May 28, 2025Bengaluru: Advocate Sudha Katwa has written to Chief Secretary of the Government to withdraw the order issued on May 21 appointing Dr. M.A. Saleem as the In-charge DG and IGP. Advocate Katwa has cited Supreme Court (SC) order, according to which there is no provision to appoint DG and IGP on a temporary basis. While…
Bangalore Palace land row: State opposes SC direction to grant TDRs to Royal Family
May 26, 2025New Delhi: Just days after the Supreme Court directed the Karnataka Government to issue Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates to the legal heirs of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family for the acquisition of 15 acres of the Bangalore Palace Grounds, the State has filed an application this morning, challenging the directive. The May 22 order…
Bangalore Palace land controversy: SC reorders TDR payout to Royal Family
May 22, 2025New Delhi/Bengaluru: The Supreme Court (SC) this morning directed that Transferable Development Rights (TDR) worth Rs. 3,400 crore, under the Karnataka Stamp Act, 1957, be handed over to the legal heirs of late Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar, the scion of the erstwhile Mysore Royal Family. The TDR pertains to 15 acres and 39 guntas of Bangalore…
‘SC is using Article 142 like a Nuclear Missile against Democracy’
April 18, 2025VP Dhankhar’s salvo at Supreme Court New Delhi: In his address to the 6th batch of Rajya Sabha interns Vice-President Jagdeep Dhankhar made some blistering remarks on the judiciary. Taking strong objection to the Supreme Court (SC) recently prescribing a timeline for the President to decide on Bills, Vice-President (VP) Jagdeep Dhankhar yesterday said, “India…
Renukaswamy murder case: SC to hear plea challenging Darshan’s bail on Apr. 22
April 6, 2025New Delhi: The Supreme Court (SC) will hear the Karnataka Government’s petition challenging the bail granted to actor Darshan Thoogudeepa, Pavithra Gowda and other accused in the Renukaswamy murder case on Apr. 22. The petition was initially set for a hearing on Mar. 18 but was not listed. Following a request from State Special Counsel…
More on Bangalore Palace case
March 24, 2025Bengaluru: 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…
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