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The High Court of Karnataka has dismissed a PIL petition which had challenged the State government’s January 8, 2026, determination for transferring 4 acres of pristine onshore of the Karnataka Veterinary, Animal and Fisheries Sciences University to conception further 20 quarters arsenic an annexe for the Nyaya Grama, the existing residential quarters for judges of the High Court, and different 3 acres to physique a super-speciality hospital.
A Division Bench comprising Justice D.K. Singh and Justice T.M. Nadaf refused to interfere with the government’s determination portion dismissing the petition filed by the Karnataka Veterinary Association, Bangalore Veterinary College Alumni Association, and Dairy Science College Alumni Association.
What petitioners say
The petitioners had argued that the onshore transportation would impair compliance with the Veterinary Council of India norms regarding minimum onshore requirements and jeopardise probe activities. They contended the assemblage hardly met mandatory infrastructure standards.
However, the Bench rejected these contentions, noting that the veterinary assemblage possesses astir 317.73 acres, and that the authorities had admitted that the veterinary and dairy sciences colleges person lands successful excess of immense grade of onshore to conscionable their requirements.
“The determination taken by the authorities to transportation 4 acres of onshore for the operation of authoritative residences for the serving judges of the High Court successful the vicinity of the existing 15 residences astatine Nyaya Grama volition person nary adverse effect, successful immoderate manner, arsenic alleged,” the Bench observed.
Policy decision
The Bench held that it cannot interfere with argumentation determination for allotment of lands successful the lack of immoderate arbitrariness successful the process portion observing that “the allotment of 4 acres of onshore which is adjacent to the Nyaya Grama successful immoderate mode volition impede oregon is against the nationalist interest, but it is successful furtherance of the larger nationalist involvement i.e., to guarantee the independency of the judiciary which is the basal instauration of the Constitution.” The Bench noted that determination are nary authoritative quarters for a bulk of the judges of the High Court.
In fact, the larger nationalist involvement would beryllium served by having a super-speciality infirmary for wide nationalist by the State, the Bench said, portion pointing retired that nary nationalist involvement is abridged oregon acted against successful providing 4 acres of onshore to the High Court for the operation of authoritative residences to the judges and 3 acres of onshore for constructing the super-specialty infirmary for wide public.
