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SC gives Karnataka eight more weeks for Bengaluru civic polls

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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday gave the Karnataka government and the State Election Commission eight more weeks to hold the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagar Palika (BBMP) polls, declining the state’s plea for more time for delimitation of wards on the basis of 2011 Census.

A bench of Chief Justice H.L. Dattu, Justice Arun Mishra and Justice Amitava Roy said it may give more time for the conduct of the election but would not change a word from its May 5 order.

The court’s assertion came as a battery of lawyers representing the Karnataka government and other parties sought modification of the May 5 order directing the State Election Commission to complete the election process within three months by August 5.

The government requested postponement of the polls to help complete the delimitation exercise.

The eight weeks allowed on Friday are in addition to the three months the apex court gave by the May 5 order, which recorded the Karnataka government’s submission that it had “no objection if the election for the BBMP is held”.

The parties opposing the Karnataka government plea for postponement of the polls recalled the submission it made during the earlier hearing.

(Agencies)

BBMP polls must be conducted after trifurcation process: Siddaramaiah

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Bengaluru: “The government is planning to move the Supreme Court on holding the BBMP elections”, confirmed Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Sunday June 28.

Addressing an event at the Maratha Bhavan the CM said, “We are mulling over approaching the Supreme Court over the High Court’s directive to hold the BBMP elections before August 5. I feel that the elections should be held after the trifurcation process of the local body is complete”, he added.

On May 5, the High Court had said that the BBMP elections should be held within three months (by August 5). Last week, the State Election Commission announced that the elections will be held on July 28, a week before the last date.

The model code of conduct is already in force and will remain till August 1.

(Agencies)

HC orders Karnataka goverment, EC to conduct BBMP polls by Aug 5

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Bengaluru: The High Court has ordered the state government and the Election Commission to conduct elections to the BBMP by August 5, recently. The court also slammed the government for filing an interlocutory application (IA) in a bid to delay the elections.

Justice B V Nagarathna said, “All IAs, except one filed by Namma Bengaluru Foundation, are dismissed with costs, as these applications are not only an abuse of the process of this court, but contrary to the principle of the finality of litigation, and have taken up considerable time of this court”, in the given judgment.

She directed the authorities to comply with the spirit of a High Court order dated March 30, 2015, and an order of the Supreme Court dated May 5, 2015, by taking steps to hold elections.

The state government, Karnataka State Commission for SC/STs and others had filed impleading applications without any further prayers. This is not only frivolous, but an instance of the court being taken for granted, the judge said.

“The IA filed by state is dismissed with a cost of 10,000, payable to each petitioner. The applications filed by the other applicants are dismissed with a cost of 1,000, payable by each of the applicants to each petitioner, on every application filed by them, other than the Namma Bengaluru Foundation,” the order said.

Further the state Election Commission had objected to the plea, saying it would be held responsible if the elections were not held in time.

(Agencies)

Siddaramaiah cracks whip on Bengaluru civic officials

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Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday warned officials of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) of stern action if they don’t improve the city’s civic amenities and complete the various infrastructure projects.

“I told the BBMP administration to take up cleaning the filth on a war-footing, clear garbage dumps piling up in almost every ward, fill pot holes, check storm water drainage and repair damaged footpaths to improver the city’s image,” Siddaramaiah told reporters after going through the city and inspecting civic works in progress.

In view of the ensuing monsoon and civic body elections in 198 wards across the extended city in July, as directed by the Supreme Court on May 5, the chief minister has decided to make surprise visits and inspect civic works for their timely execution.

“No official, however big or small, will be spared from action if they neglect duty to maintain the city of 10 million people, affected by civic woes and inadequate infrastructure facilities. They must not keep any project pending for want of clearances or funds, as both are made available,” he said.

The BBMP was expanded in 2007 by including seven city municipal councils and one town municipal council and 111 surrounding villages to increase civic wards to 198 from 100.

The ruling Congress not only superceded the civic body on April 18, four days before its five-year term was to lapse on April 22, but also passed an amendment bill to the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act 2015 in the state legislative assembly on April 20 to trifurcate the civic behemoth for managing the city.

The bill has been referred to a select committee of the state legislative council.

During his whirlwind tour of the city, Siddaramaiah visited state-run Bowring Hospital in Shivajinagar, inspected road and pavement works on St Mark’s Road in the central business district, Okalipuram area near the main railway station and metro project on Mysuru road in south-west suburb.

The chief minister’s trip across the city with Home Minister K.J. George and city in-charge minister Ramalinga Reddy with dozen officials in an entourage led to traffic snarls, as their convoy blocked vehicular movement on a working day and caused hardship to thousands of commuters.

SC orders Bengaluru civic body polls in three months

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Bengaluru: The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Karnataka government to conduct elections to the Bengaluru civic body within three months.

Setting aside the Karnataka High Court’s April 24 ruling, which ordered that the civic polls be held in six months (by October), the apex court told the state election commission to conduct elections in 198 civic wards across the city by July 18, as the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) was superseded on April 18, four days before its five-year term was to lapse.

The top court’s ruling came on a bunch of petitions filed by the state election commission, NGO Namma Bengaluru Foundation, two former BJP corporators C.K. Ramamurthy and B. Somashekar and Rajya Sabha independent member Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

“The state government was using both its trifurcation proposal and dissolution of the civic body as a brazen excuse to delay the elections by six months,” Chandrasekhar said in a statement in Bengaluru.

The legislative assembly on April 20 passed by voice vote a bill to amend the Karnataka Municipal Corporations Act, 2015 to bifurcate or trifurcate the BBMP.

Terming the apex court order a victory for democracy and the nine million denizens of Bengaluru, Chandrasekhar said the state government’s attempt to split the BBMP and delay its polls was against the constitutional provision of Article 243-U that mandates urban local bodies to conduct elections every five years.

The state government also assured the apex court of not splitting the BBMP till elections were held in the next three months.

The amended bill was, however, referred to a select committee of the state legislative council (upper house) by its chairman D.H. Shankaramurthy on April 27 as demanded by the opposition BJP and the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) members.

The BBMP was expanded in 2007 by including seven city municipal councils and one town municipal council and 111 surrounding villages to increase civic wards to 198 from 100 earlier.

(With inputs from IANS)

Good news for State Government; High Court cancels single bench order

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Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court’s division bench cancelled the order of single bench on BBMP polls giving state government six months time to conduct the BBMP elections.

The Court’s earlier order by a single judge bench, had asked government to hold elections before May 30. The Government then approached the division bench.

HC has given a seven days stay on the plea of the corporators against the dissolution of the the BBMP to enable them approach the Supreme Court

The order of the Division Bench has come as a huge relief to the state government who had superseded the BBMP just 4 days earlier.

(Agencies)

BBMP demolishes shops in Malleswaram market

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Bengaluru: The Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) razed 80 shops to ground in Malleshwarm market area, to make way for market development project planned jointly by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) and BBMP.

Lakshminarasiah, Joint Commissioner, West, BBMP, said that they have got the court order and a letter from the BBMP commissioner to go ahead with the demolition. The demolition will take place in a phased manner. He said that the demolition notice was issued to shop owners to evacuate the market even before December.

N Venkataswamy, President of Malleshwarm market association said, “We don’t know what to do and we are helpless. “He further added that he was not informed in advance about the demolition.

Earlier on Dec 12, 2014, 18 shops were demolished by the BBMP under police protection, despite opposition by the vendors.

The 2.08 acre market was slated to be developed jointly by the BBMP and the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA). Though the BDA has back tracked, the BBMP has gone ahead with the demolition.

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