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High Court issues notice in Mysore ashram case

Staff Reporter

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday ordered issue of notices to Ganapathy Sachidanand Swamiji and three residents of his ashram on Nanjangud Road in Mysore City.

Justice Mohan Shantangouder passed the order on a petition by S.R. Anil Kumar of Saraswathipuram in Mysore.

Dr. Kumar, in his petition, had urged the court to stay or quash a Mysore court order of August 16, 2008. He said the Junior Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Mysore, had dismissed his petition seeking permission to conduct a case against the swamiji himself.

He said the matter had gone to the Supreme Court. The apex court had directed the State Government to appoint a special public prosecutor to conduct the case. It had asked the State to ensure that the appointee was in no way connected with the case relating to the swamiji.

When the matter came up, the State said it had abided by the Supreme Court direction and appointed a special public prosecutor. It said the complainant could not conduct or investigate a case himself.

Justice Mohan Shantangouder ordered issue of notices to the swamiji, the State and three others. He adjourned further hearing of the case.

Justice N. Kumar on Tuesday dismissed a petition by the Mysore Race Club against a May 28, 2008, letter by the Divisional Commissioner of Mysore asking it to hand over to the government 15 acres near the Mysore Sports Club.

The club said it is one of the nine race courses in India and that it is located on 142 acres. It said it had sought and obtained on lease additional 15 acres near the Sports Club. It said the Divisional Commissioner had illegally and unilaterally taken a decision to cancel the lease of land. It had urged the court to stay the action of the Divisional Commissioner.

Adjourned

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran and Justice V. Gopala Gowda adjourned further hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) petition by a Bangalore-based advocate Y.N. Nagaraja, challenging the appointment of former Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) Chairman H.N. Krishna, to the State Information Commission.

The Bench observed that it would be better if it could hear the views of the Advocate-General on the case and adjourned further on the case.

PIL disposed of

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice P.D. Dinakaran, and Justice V. Gopala Gowda disposed of a public interest litigation (PIL) petition by a non-governmental organisation (NGO) and some residents of Hubli.

The petitioners had sought a direction to the police and authorities to take action to ensure that strikes, bandhs and processions did not disrupt traffic at the busy Kittur Rani Chennamma Circle in Hubli.

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