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Bangalore, Jul 16: The state government has decided to submit a memorandum before the high court on Thursday regarding the hearing of contempt of court etitions on language policy in the light of the July 14 stay granted by the Supreme Court.
The Supreme Court has granted stay till July 24 on contempt proceedings against state government officials in HC. R G Nadadur, principal secretary to primary and secondary education department, and other officers are arrayed as parties in the contempt petitions relating to the non-implementation of full Bench verdict on language policy.
Bail plea adjourned
The high court has adjourned to next week the hearing on bail petition filed by S Manoj Kumar, a consultant with IBM, who is facing trial on charge of murdering his wife Lakshmi on November 11, 2008.
Lakshmi was found murdered in their house in Murugeshpalya with chilly powder thrown around the body, three months after their wedding.
The police rounded up Manoj Kumar on December 12 who refused to have committed the crime. Police said CCTV images showed that the petitioner had gone out of office and came back at the time of occurrence of crime.
Kerala student's plea dismissed
The Karnataka High court has dismissed a petition filed by a student who did his high school and PUC in Kerala and came to court saying he was denied a professional seat even though he had studied classes I-VII in Karnataka.
Justice B S Patil dismissed the petition after perusing the guidelines contained in CET brochure which stipulated that a candidate to be eligible only if he had done his SSLC or PUC in Karnataka apart from 7-year study in the state between I standard to II PUC.
The petitioner B Binny had studied in Thilak Memorial School in Magadi Road in Bangalore city between 1996-2003 from I standard to VII standard. Thereafter he studied in Kerala. He appeared for the May 7-8 CET. On June 12, the Karnataka Examination Authority ruled that he is not eligible for a professional seat in Karnataka.
Govt told to take action
A division Bench has directed the state government to take action against the then DC, tahsildar and other revenue officials who were responsible for renewal of the mining lease for Jyothi Brothers in Theertharamapura village in Chikkanayakahalli during 1992-93.
The court also pulled up the company for suppressing the fact that they were doing mining in an area where 96% falls under forest area. The court however quashed the demand notice issued by the authorities for the recovery of Rs 38.3 cr from the company and asked the government to reassess the damage. The company had claimed that it had got valid lease right from 1938 in a 100-acre area.
COD asked to file report
A division bench has directed the COD (Corps of Detectives) authorities to file an investigation report with regard to the allegation of ill-treatment of an under-trial prisoner in Central Prison, Bangalore.
One Saira, wife of a prisoner Dinnu, had written a letter to the high court alleging the prison authorities beat up her husband and admitted him to a mental hospital saying he was mentally unsound. The court has treated the letter as a suo motu habeas corpus petition.