Karnataka High Court stays for now cutting of more trees on lands allotted to various institutions within Jnana Bharathi campus of BU

The High Court of Karnataka connected Friday restrained the authorities from cutting much trees, for now, connected the lands allotted oregon leased to assorted nationalist and autonomous institutions for establishing their offices, connected the Jnana Bharati field of Bangalore University (BU).

Details sought

Also, the tribunal directed the authorities to springiness details of trees already chopped connected the allotted lands for the operation of buildings.

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C.M. Poonacha passed the interim bid connected the PIL filed by Swayam Jagruti Seva Trust, Mudalapalya, Bengaluru.

The bench, connected November 21, had ordered contented of announcement connected the petition to the State authorities and others, including the institutions that are beneficiaries of lands connected the campus, portion adjourning further proceeding till December 9. Also, the seat had directed the authorities to nutrient indispensable details indicating the determination making process connected the question connected whether the acrophobic authorization had examined the necessity for diversion of wood onshore stated to person been reserved for biopark earlier allotting lands to assorted institutions.

However, the petitioner filed an exertion for urgent proceeding complaining that immoderate trees were being already chopped and immoderate trees were translocated from immoderate of the allotted lands to marque distant for the operation of buildings.

Now, the Bench volition perceive the petition connected December 9 to analyse the details to beryllium provided by the government.

Lands granted

The authorities had allotted lands connected the Jnana Bharati field successful favour of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Inter University Center For Yogic-Science, Central University of Karnataka, Central Board of Secondary, Council of Architecture, National Assessment and Accreditation Council, University of Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, and National Law School of India University.