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In a uncommon nationalist nudge to the executive, Justice Aravind Kumar, a justice of the Supreme Court, connected Saturday highlighted a fiscal disparity successful Karnataka’s judicial backing successful the past 3 years portion urging Chief Minister Siddaramaiah to nonstop officials to allocate astatine slightest 75-80% of court-collected gross backmost for the judiciary’s infrastructure.
Speaking astatine the 22nd Biennial State-Level Conference of Judicial Officers successful Bengaluru, Justice Kumar noted that the State exchequer annually received ₹376 crore, ₹439 crore and ₹470 crore from 2023-24 to 2025-26, successful forms, however, the authorities allocated lone betwixt ₹40 lakh to ₹1.4 crore during this period, different than the non-salary allocation for the judiciary.
