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Nigerian national moves HC for permission to go abroad High court round-up

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BANGALORE: A Nigerian national, who has been living in Karnataka for 10 years, on Friday petitioned the Karnataka High Court seeking permission to go abroad.

The petitioner, Luke O Akumonye, said he came to India on September 11, 1994 for studies. He said he was issued a passport with 10-year validity. He said he studied B.A. and Ph.D. from Sri Venkateshwara College, Tirupati. He also married an Indian and they had three children from the marriage.

Luke said some time ago, his wife developed mental disorder and that she was being treated at the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bangalore. He said as his passport had a 10-year validity, the time had come for him to renew it.

Since the passport would expire in September 2008, he said he gave a representation to the then Chief Minister requesting him to direct the police to allow him to go abroad. The office of the Chief Minister sent the representation to the office of the Commissioner of Police. However, there had not been any response from the office of the Commissioner of Police, he said.

He urged the court to direct the police to permit him to leave India.

Justice N. Kumar adjourned further hearing on the case.

Allowed

Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh on Friday allowed petitions by two D.Ed. institutions of Bangalore that had challenged the refusal by the State Government to permit them to teach in Tamil medium.

The schools — Sarathy Teachers Training College and Dr. David Raja Teachers Training College, both of Bangalore — said the State had unilaterally decided not to permit them from teaching students in Tamil medium.

Allowed

Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh directed Mysore University to permit Nishant Anjum A.K., a student of Mahajana College to appear for the third year semester B.Sc. course conducted by the university.

Dismissed

The High Court on Thursday dismissed a petition by a temple on Old Madras Road against the Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation limited (BMRCL).

The temple had petitioned the court, saying that its “garba gudi” (sanctum sanctorum) was under threat of demolition,

In its petition, Shakti Ganapathi Temple Trust said the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board had issued a notification acquiring the temple lands for BMRCL.

When the matter came up, Metro authorities undertook before the court to ensure that the sanctum sanctorum was not demolished. Taking note of this submission, Justice Huluvadi G. Ramesh dismissed the petition.

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