The State authorities connected Thursday decided to name retired justice P.N. Desai arsenic chairperson of the Karnataka State Human Rights Commission.
A erstwhile justice of Karnataka High Court, Mr. Desai probed the alleged onshore scam successful Mysore Urban Development Authority (MUDA) successful which the sanction of Parvathi Siddaramaiah, woman of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, had figured. The last study cleared the Chief Minister’s household of immoderate wrongdoing.
A sheet comprising Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, Chairman of the Legislative Council Basavaraj Horatti, Speaker U.T. Khader, Leader of the Opposition successful the Legislative Assembly R. Ashok, and Leader of Opposition successful the Legislative Council Chalavadi Narayanaswamy cleared Mr. Desai’s sanction for the post.
52 cases to beryllium withdrawn
The State authorities connected Thursday decided to retreat 52 transgression cases, including 10 cases against Vatal Nagaraj astatine the Halasuru Gate constabulary presumption successful Bengaluru.
Among different cases to beryllium withdrawn are those filed against protesters participating successful Cauvery protest, pro-Kannada protest, Kalasa Banduri protest, too cases filed against farmers and Dalit activists.
The authorities has decided to retreat 7 cases pertaining to occupation astir Ladle Musthaq Dargah contented successful Aland. Some of these cases are to beryllium decided successful Karnataka High Court.
Locked houses
Meanwhile, arsenic the preparatory enactment is nether mode for the Census, a full of 48,275 houses person been recovered locked by enumerators. They besides recovered 19.26 lakh houses that are lying vacant crossed the State.
The State Cabinet received a study and held discussions, sources said. The highest fig of locked houses was recovered successful Bengaluru Urban with 14,000, and the fig of vacant houses was besides highest successful Bengaluru Urban with 2.45 lakh. The figures were up to May 16.

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