MLC meets Public Works Minister, seeks ₹3 crore for repairing old DC office building for HC Circuit Bench

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MLC and convener of Mangaluru High Court Circuit Bench Horata Samiti Ivan D'Souza with Public Works Minister Satish Jharkiholi successful  Bengaluru connected  Wednesday.

MLC and convener of Mangaluru High Court Circuit Bench Horata Samiti Ivan D'Souza with Public Works Minister Satish Jharkiholi successful Bengaluru connected Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

MLC and convener of Mangaluru High Court Circuit Bench Horata Samiti Ivan D’Souza met Public Works Minister Satish Jarkiholi successful Bengaluru connected Wednesday and requested him to authorisation ₹3 crore to repair and refurbish the aged Deputy Commissioner’s bureau gathering which, helium said, is suitable to acceptable up the HC Bench.

A connection from Mr. D’Souza said that the Deputy Commissioner of Dakshina Kannada H. V. Darshan has estimated that the repair of the aged gathering mightiness necessitate ₹3 crore.

The MLC said that the Minister promised to put each infrastructure facilities required for the gathering to facilitate the mounting up of the Circuit Bench.

It whitethorn beryllium mentioned present that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah precocious wrote to the Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Vibhu Bakhru, requesting that helium see the request to acceptable up a Circuit Bench of the High Court successful Mangaluru.

In his May 13 letter, the Chief Minister said that the State authorities is afloat prepared to facilitate the inaugural with “immediate effect” and that suitable infrastructure to acceptable up the Bench is already disposable successful Mangaluru.

“...A spacious premise of astir 50,000 sq. ft. successful the aged Deputy Commissioner’s bureau successful Mangaluru has been identified and tin beryllium promptly repurposed for tribunal operations. Residential accommodations for the honourable judges person already been identified and tin beryllium made functional without delay. Necessary civic, administrative, and logistical infrastructure is successful spot to guarantee the seamless functioning of the seat from its inception...,” the missive said.

Mr. Siddaramaiah said that establishing a Circuit Bench successful Mangaluru volition empower lakhs of citizens crossed coastal Karnataka, fortify religion successful institutions and bespeak “our corporate committedness to ensuring that justness is not distant, but accessible and immediate.”

Published - May 20, 2026 09:06 p.m. IST

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