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Court dismisses Editor's plea

By Our Staff Reporter

BANGALORE, SEPT. 29. Justice Hulavadi G. Ramesh on Wednesday dismissed a petition by the Editor of a newspaper in Davangere challenging the order of the then Deputy Commissioner of Davangere in sentencing him to three months' imprisonment and a fine of Rs. 2,000.

In his petition, G.M.R. Aradhya, Editor of Jana Miditha, said he had tried to expose some irregularities committed by the Deputy Commissioner. The official had instituted proceedings against him for alleged violations of the Press and Registration of Books Act, 1867.

When the case came up today, Mr. Justice Ramesh asked the petitioner to move the jurisdictional court.

PIL

A Division Bench comprising the Chief Justice, N.K. Jain, and Justice V.G. Sabhahit dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) by a resident of Chikmagalur seeking a direction to curb noise pollution.

The petitioner, H. Kumar, said the Ganapathy Seva Samithi of Chikmagalur had been permitted to set up a pandal in the Azad Maidan Grounds, adjacent to the Government General Hospital.

He said the noise and sound from the pandal were disturbing the patients. He urged the court to direct the authorities to take steps to bring down the noise pollution within permissible limits.

Notices issued

Justice S. Abdul Nazir ordered issue of notices to the Consortium of Medical, Engineering and Dental Colleges of Karnataka (COMED-K), the Fee Fixation Committee, and other respondents on a petition by a native of Andhra Pradesh.

The petitioner, Vijayalakshmi Reddy, said she had applied to 15 colleges under COMED-K for admission to MBBS course. She had obtained the 3,545 rank in the entrance test conducted by COMED-K.

She had not received replies from 14 colleges. One college had replied stating that admission would be done only after the seat matrix imbroglio was resolved.

She said she did not know the status of her admission though she had done well in the entrance examination.

She prayed to the court to direct COMED-K to conduct centralised counselling similar to that by the CET. She said the COMED-K procedures lacked transparency and fairness.

The selection of candidates was arbitrary and not on merit. She cited the T.M.A. Pai case in which the Supreme Court had specified transparency in the system of admission so that it would not lead to reestablishment of capitation fees.

She also sought a MBBS seat in any college coming under COMED-K.

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