The High Court of Karnataka has dissolved a three-member committee that was set up in December 2020, by the apex court to verify the legality of buildings put up on the lands notified by the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) for the formation of Dr. Shivarama Karanth layout.
A special Division Bench comprising Justice Krishna S. Dixit and Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while accepting the recommendation made by the committee’s head, A.V. Chandrashekar, a retired judge of the High Court, who had said that the committee has completed apex court-assigned tasks and necessary formalities are put in place for execution of the findings of the committee.
However, two other members of the committee, Jayakar Jerome (retired IAS officer and former Chairman of BDA) and S.T. Ramesh (retired DG&IGP, Karnataka) wanted the committee to continue for another six months.
