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Time of India
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- Time of India
Mysore MP promises swift resolution of logistics park issues
Mysuru: Mysore MP Yaduveer Wadiyar on Tuesday said he will take swift action to address the operational challenges faced by the Multi Modal Logistics Park, an inland container depot in Kadakola, which was developed by Container Corporation of India (CONCOR). The depot, inaugurated virtually by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in March 2024, was built at an estimated cost of Rs 100 crore but remained underutilised due to the absence of a customs clearance facility. Suresh Jain, general secretary of the micro, small and medium enterprises council, Mysuru, highlighted the issue, stating, "Without a customs clearance facility, industries are forced to rely on ports in Chennai, Mangaluru, or Kochi, rendering the depot idle." Responding to the concerns, Yaduveer told reporters that he was unaware of this issue. "I will work to resolve it at the earliest," he said. Meanwhile, Yaduveer announced plans to commemorate Mysuru Maharaja Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar's birth anniversary on Wednesday, uniquely by making the Mysuru Palace plastic-free. "We will install a water vending machine on the palace premises. This will end the problem of water bottle menace," he said. Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 금액 상관없이 빚이라면 딱 6%만 갚으세요 법무법인 더 알아보기 Additionally, he revealed that over 3,500 civic workers will receive 20 kg of food items at an event at the Maharaja's College Ground. "It is our duty to support the civic workers who serve the society. Our aim is to provide ration for a month," he said. Addressing the issue of Kamal Haasan's controversial statement, which was perceived as anti-Kannada, Yaduveer stated that only the public can teach a lesson by boycotting the actor's films until he apologises. "Languages naturally influence one another, but claiming one language gave birth to another is unacceptable," he remarked. The MP also called on the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) and police to devise a strategy to prevent miscreants from defacing statues in the city, emphasising the need to protect public monuments.
New Indian Express
5 days ago
- New Indian Express
SC order on Transferable Development Rights to Mysuru royal family interim justice: Minister HK Patil
BENGALURU: Law Minister HK Patil termed the Supreme Court order keeping in abeyance the earlier four orders on Transferable Development Rights (TDR) worth Rs 3,400 crore to the Mysuru Royal family as interim justice. The SC three-judge bench restrained the parties from using the TDR already issued by the government to the legal heirs of the Royal family against the utilisation of 15.36 acres of land on the Bengaluru Palace Grounds until outcome of the final adjudication in August. 'To avoid further complications, the consequential effect of the Order of the SC dated 10.12.2024, 22.05.2025, 17.05.2022, and 9.03.2024 shall be kept in abeyance. This interim arrangement is without prejudice to the rights of the parties,' he quoted the order. 'The hearing will start in August, and we expect that the state will get justice in the final judgment', he said while addressing the press. 'Having regard to the issues involved and to protect the interests of both sides, CA 3303/1997, and all proceedings arising there from are listed for final hearing in the week commencing August 18. As an interim measure, all the TDR issued in contempt order should be retained in the registry of this Court, and those handed over to the applicants are directed not to utilise or sell the DRC (Default Risk Capital) till further orders', the order stated. 'It is made clear that no third-party interest or personal benefit should be made by the release of the TDR. The Review petition filed by the applicants - state shall be listed before the bench in the week commencing 21st July 2025. The interim directions are subject to the outcome of the review petition. However, if the review petition is declined, the interim directions shall continue in force for four weeks from the date of passing such order or till it is heard by the three-judge bench, whichever is later,' it clarified.
The Hindu
5 days ago
- The Hindu
Bangalore Palace grounds: Supreme Court suspends use/transfer of TDRs
The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 29, 2025) froze the implementation of its May 22 order directing the State of Karnataka to release Transferable Development Rights (TDR) certificates of over ₹3,000 crore for 15 acres and 17.5 guntas of Bangalore Palace ground, acquired for widening the Ballari and Jayamahal roads, to the legal heirs of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family. A Special Bench of three judges headed by Justice Surya Kant directed that the TDR certificates must continue to remain in the Supreme Court Registry. When informed that the certificates had already been handed over to the claimants, the top court took the precaution of adding that TDRs, if any had been handed over, must not be transferred to third parties or utilised in any manner by the heirs. The court ordered the review petition filed by the State against the May 22 order to be posted for hearing in the week commencing July 21. 'If the review petition is declined, the interim directions shall continue in force for four weeks from the date of passing such order,' the Bench directed. It posted the main appeal in the Bangalore Palace grounds case for hearing on August 18. On May 27, a Division Bench of Justices Kant and Dipankar Datta had referred the application made by the State of Karnataka against the May 22 order to the Chief Justice of India for the formation of a three-judge Bench to examine the issue. Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi and advocate T. Harish Kumar, for the legal heirs, had called the application of the State a sheer abuse of the law. But Mr. Sibal asked how TDRs worth ₹3,011.66 crore could be released for land measuring just over 15 acres when the main appeals challenging the acquisition of the larger extent of land measuring 472 acres under the Bangalore Palace (Acquisition and Transfer) Act, 1996 were still pending in the Supreme Court. He had queried whether a direction could be passed to the State in parallel contempt proceedings to shell out nearly ₹3,011.66 crore worth of valuable TDRs for the land when the Bangalore Palace (Acquisition and Transfer) Act, 1996 had fixed an amount of Rs. 11 crore as compensation for the entire extent of 472 acres. The senior lawyer had argued that the top court, in its May 22 order, had erred in applying a procedure for payment of compensation under Section 14B of the Karnataka Town and Country Planning Act, 1961. The senior advocate had questioned if a provision introduced into the KTCP Act in 2004 could retrospectively be applied to set aside an acquisition dating back to 1996.
