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Wednesday, Sep 28, 2005

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Live band units to file objections in a month

Staff Reporter

Police asked to pass order on the objections as per law

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday permitted live band units in Bangalore to file within a month objections to the licensing and controlling act and directed the police to pass order on them as per law. The live band units were asked not to operate till then.

Justice K.L. Manjunath passed the order on petitions by the Karnataka Live Band Restaurants Association, Bangalore, and others challenging the validity of the Licensing and Controlling of Places of Public Entertainment (Bangalore City) Order of 2005.

The petitioners had sought for quashing of the order saying that the Commissioner of Police had rejected their applications and asked them to obtain licence under the order.

They said the order had the effect of closing the live bands and was, therefore, arbitrary, illegal and unconstitutional.

Land identified

The Government on Tuesday told the High Court that land had been identified in Bangalore for organisations and individuals to hold or organise protests, rallies and processions.

The Principal Government Advocate, M.N. Seshadri, made this submission to the court when a Division Bench, comprising the Chief Justice, Nauvdip Kumar Sodhi, and Justice N. Kumar, was hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) petition by Citizen's Right Forum seeking a direction to the authorities not to allow demonstrations, rallies, protests and meetings in Banappa Park.

The Bench adjourned further hearing on the matter to October 19.

Refused

The Division Bench has refused to set aside the appointment of K.K. Misra, former Chief Secretary, as the State Chief Information Commissioner.

In his petition, a former Mayor of Mysore, Dakshinamurthy, said the High Court had passed strictures against Mr. Misra for filing a false affidavit in the Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor Project case when he was the Chief Secretary.

Dismissed

Another Division Bench, comprising Justice S.R. Nayak and Justice Manjula Chellur, on Tuesday dismissed with costs of Rs. 5,000 an appeal by the Additional Director-General of Police, S.T. Ramesh, against a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order that had refused to expunge remarks made against him in his annual confidential report (ACR).

The then Director-general of Police, C. Dinakar, had in the report made remarks against Mr. Ramesh who then was an Inspector-General of Police.

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