BENGALURU: The Karnataka prime court docket on Wednesday sought a response from the state government whether or not the Gandhi memorial built on Hotel Lalit Ashok premises has legit status.
A division bench headed via Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari gave the direction while adjourning the hearing on a PIL which had sought concrete steps to enable free get admission to to the place. The memorial were within the space, now referred to as Kumar Krupa Road, Kumara Park East, the place Mahatma Gandhi had addressed a public assembly in 1927. There is a tree known as Jyoti Vriksh at the lodge premises the place he held a prayer assembly.
In its petition, Samarpana, a Bengaluru-based cultural and social organisation, claimed that because the lodge has taken over the valuables the place the memorial stands, there were instances of lodge safety body of workers fighting normal public who need to visit the memorial.
The petitioner said no motion has been taken on its representation to the chief minister and the Bengaluru metropolis police commissioner on August 7, 2018 and no steps have been taken to pemit the general public to visit the memorial with none hindrance . The lodge, run via state-run ITDC, used to be leased to a non-public corporate a few decade ago via the Union government.
Arjun Sarja plea
The prime court docket on Wednesday prolonged till December 11 the intervening time coverage given to actor Arjun Sarja in reference to a sexual harassment complaint filed via actor Sruthi Hariharan. On November 2, the prime court docket had restrained police not to arrest the actor till November 14. Later, it used to be prolonged via two more weeks.
In his petition, Sarja claimed that the complaint used to be an assault on his life and liberty. He further said that his enquiries had printed that the complainant had hatched a conspiracy to achieve publicity for achieve.
PIL brushed aside
The prime court docket brushed aside a PIL in search of directions to herald a mechanism to check whether or not state and central government employees in Karnataka have voted on polling day which is asserted a vacation.
A division bench headed via Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari noted that the prayers sought via T N Prathap, a city-based chartered accountant, cannot be considered to be beneath PIL jurisdiction.
A division bench headed via Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari gave the direction while adjourning the hearing on a PIL which had sought concrete steps to enable free get admission to to the place. The memorial were within the space, now referred to as Kumar Krupa Road, Kumara Park East, the place Mahatma Gandhi had addressed a public assembly in 1927. There is a tree known as Jyoti Vriksh at the lodge premises the place he held a prayer assembly.
In its petition, Samarpana, a Bengaluru-based cultural and social organisation, claimed that because the lodge has taken over the valuables the place the memorial stands, there were instances of lodge safety body of workers fighting normal public who need to visit the memorial.
The petitioner said no motion has been taken on its representation to the chief minister and the Bengaluru metropolis police commissioner on August 7, 2018 and no steps have been taken to pemit the general public to visit the memorial with none hindrance . The lodge, run via state-run ITDC, used to be leased to a non-public corporate a few decade ago via the Union government.
Arjun Sarja plea
The prime court docket on Wednesday prolonged till December 11 the intervening time coverage given to actor Arjun Sarja in reference to a sexual harassment complaint filed via actor Sruthi Hariharan. On November 2, the prime court docket had restrained police not to arrest the actor till November 14. Later, it used to be prolonged via two more weeks.
In his petition, Sarja claimed that the complaint used to be an assault on his life and liberty. He further said that his enquiries had printed that the complainant had hatched a conspiracy to achieve publicity for achieve.
PIL brushed aside
The prime court docket brushed aside a PIL in search of directions to herald a mechanism to check whether or not state and central government employees in Karnataka have voted on polling day which is asserted a vacation.
A division bench headed via Chief Justice Dinesh Maheshwari noted that the prayers sought via T N Prathap, a city-based chartered accountant, cannot be considered to be beneath PIL jurisdiction.
HC: Does Gandhi memorial have official status?
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