In a major push towards the fulfilment of a long pending demand, Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court Justice Prasanna B. Varale offered Bhumi Puja for the construction of a new district court complex on the outskirts of Koppal on Saturday.
A host of dignitaries including HC judges V. Srishananda and Hanchate Sanjeevkumar, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister H.K. Patil, Lok Sabha Member from Koppal Karadi Sanganna, legislator Hemalatha Naik, HC Registrar General K.S. Bharath Kumar, District Principal and Sessions Judge Chandrashekhar, Koppal Deputy Commissioner Nalin Atul, Chief Executive Officer Rahul Ratnam Pandeya and Superintendent of Police Yashodha Vantagodi participated in the ground-breaking ceremony.
Justice Varale was the third judge of the Karnataka High Court and the first one in the last 17 years to visit the Koppal district. He arrived in the city after inaugurating a court building in Kuknoor.