1 week ago
1
Hundreds of residents took to the streets successful Shivamogga connected Saturday, demanding the constitution of a High Court Bench successful the city. Representing assorted organisations and spiritual mutts, participants marched done the metropolis successful a amusement of solidarity with the ongoing agitation.
Advocates successful Shivamogga person been staging a dharna connected the premises of the territory tribunal for the past 13 days implicit the aforesaid demand, drafting enactment from a wide cross-section of organisations. Saturday’s march, which began astatine the territory court, was organised to equine unit connected the government.
The protesters are demanding a dedicated High Court Bench to perceive cases originating from Shivamogga and the neighbouring districts of Chikkamagaluru, Chitradurga, and Davanagere — unneurotic forming the cardinal portion of the State. They are powerfully opposed to the connection to see Shivamogga nether a Circuit Bench astatine Mangaluru, arguing that it would connection nary applicable alleviation to litigants from the region. They person insisted connected a separate, imperishable Bench successful Shivamogga.
The march passed done Mahaveera Circle, Sir M.V. Road, B.H. Road, Shivappa Nayaka Circle, Nehru Road, and Balaraj Urs Road earlier concluding astatine the Deputy Commissioner’s office.
Bekkina Kalmatha seer Mallikarjuna Murugharajendra Swamy, Basava Kendra seer Basava Marulasidda Swamy, High Court Bench Struggle Committee president K. Basappa Gowda, erstwhile Minister K.S. Eshwarappa, Raitha Sangha State president H.R. Basavarajappa, Nagarika Hitarakshana Okkuta president K.V. Vasanth Kumar, and others.
