The High Court of Karnataka on Monday directed that no authority will either conduct a parallel inquiry and pass any order on the issues related to encroachment of storm-water drains (SWDs) that are being dealt with by the court in PIL petitions, and the orders passed by the court shall be binding on all the authorities.
A Division Bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Alok Aradhe and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty, issued the direction after the BBMP counsel clarified that a “parallel authority” had not issued stay order against encroachment but had only asked the BBMP officials to adhere to the law while removing encroachments of SWDs.
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