The Karnataka High Court has directed the Deputy Commissioner of Bengaluru Urban district to depute the deputy director of land records and a technical team to submit a report on whether a temple there has encroached upon the road or whether the road was built around the temple.The division bench of Chief Justice Prasanna B Varale and Justice Krishna S Dixit were hearing a petition alleging that there was illegal encroachment of the road by Sri Sallapuradamma Temple, Hegganahalli Main Road, Sunkadakatte village, Bengaluru.The road is said to have been blocked by the temple. After assessing the photograph, the high court said the temple seemed to be in the middle of the road.
The high court had on March 8, 2021, directed the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) to depute an officer to visit the site and file a report.In its recent order on Thursday, the high court noted that the affidavit by the BBMP was "ambiguous and an attempt was made to create some confusion.""We are unable to comprehend the statement which in a way indicates the situation that the road is laid around the temple. This report fails to show as to whether there is illegal encroachment and whether the temple has been standing there for ages," it said.
So to obtain a "clear report from an independent authority," the high court directed a new survey and adjourned the hearing for February 9.The Kerala High Court on Friday canceled the victory of all SFI candidates who won all the seats in the Malayalam University Union Senate elections unopposed. The order was issued on a petition filed by three activists of MSF, the student union affiliated with the Muslim League.The court directed that the list of candidates should be published within a week after accepting the petitioners' nomination papers. The court also ordered that the election process should be completed within two weeks.Earlier, the university authorities declared the SFI candidates winners as soon as they submitted their nomination papers. When the scrutiny was completed, SFI, the CPM's students wing, won nine general seats and 11 association and the Senate seats unopposed. However, three MSF activists approached the court questioning this victory.Faisal, the first petitioner, had submitted his nomination paper for the post of general secretary. But this was rejected without giving any reason. The second and third petitioners tried to submit nomination papers for the posts of chairperson and sports secretary. But as their tokens were denied, they could not enter the race.
The court observed that college authorities cannot decline nomination papers without giving proper reasons for the rejection.
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