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BMIC: Supreme Court rejects review petition

Legal Correspondent

No setback for the Government, says Kumaraswamy

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a petition filed by the State Government and others seeking review of the April 20 judgment directing it to proceed with the Rs. 2,250-crore Bangalore-Mysore Infrastructure Corridor project.

A Bench comprising Justices Ruma Pal and B.N. Srikrishna (both retired) and Justice Dalveer Bhandari, while dismissing the appeals, had said that "considering the frivolous arguments and the mala fides with which the State of Karnataka and its instrumentalities have conducted this litigation before the High Court and us, it shall pay Nandi Infrastructure Corridor Enterprise Ltd. costs quantified at Rs. 5 lakh within four weeks." Thereafter, implementation of the project became a major controversy with the Government appointing an inquiry commission to look into its aspects.

On Thursday, a three-judge Bench comprising Justices K.G. Balakrishnan, S.B. Sinha and Bhandari rejected the review petitions in the chamber. In its review petition, the State Government said that it was severely affected by the impugned judgment, which had far-reaching impact on the exchequer and welfare of the general public.

"At stake in these proceedings are thousands of acres of government land and land of private parties worth several thousands of crores of rupees, which will be irretrievably lost and accrue as unwarranted private gain to the developer," it said. It said that the disputes in the present appeals pertained to 2,450 acres of land, including 743 acres of excess government land and 1,706.35 acres of excess private land.

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