Mangaluru: Supreme Court upholds building license to Land Trades 'Solitaire'
Mangaluru: Supreme Court of India upheld the building license to luxurious residential project of Land Trades Builders and Developers 'Solitaire' issued by Mangaluru City Corporation (MCC).
Aggrieved by the city corporation’s proposal for widening of one of the approach roads to Solitaire, some residents of the locality had approached the High Court with a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the Building License given by MCC for Solitaire. After listening to the arguments of all parties, the High Court had upheld the Building License given to Solitaire as legitimate and concurred with MCC’s decision to give the license.
After that, the petitioners had appealed the High Court order before the Supreme Court. Now in its order dated 19072019, Hon’ble Supreme Court too dismissed the PIL and upheld the legality of Building License given by MCC for Solitaire.
Supreme Court has also directed the MCC to issue Completion Certificate for ‘Solitaire’ expeditiously in accordance with law.
In the same order, the court has also vacated its status quo on road widening by MCC of the approach road to Solitaire.
Accepting the advice of the Hon’ble Judges to address the grievances of the petitioners, the City Corporation has undertaken before the Hon’ble Court vide written affidavit to construct a retention wall for protecting the structures of the concerned petitioners at the time of road widening in the future.
"With this, all the legal hurdles with regard to road widening have been overcome. Litigation regarding this project was pending before the courts for a long time. Now we are glad that our building license for Solitaire has been legally validated by the highest court” said Mr. K. Shrinath Hebbar, proprietor of Land Trades.
“I am grateful to our customers and associates who have reposed their complete faith in me during this period" he added.
Solitaire is situated at the elite Hat Hill locality of Mangalore, lending a commanding view of the Arabian Sea. With 32 floors it is one of the tallest residential structures of Mangalore.
Solitaire is a green-friendly project with features like solar energy, rain water harvesting, waste segregation facility and in-house sewage treatment and recycle plant.
"We further assure the public and our customers that right from the inception Land Trades have been diligently obeying all laws and statutory regulations. All our buildings including Solitaire are constructed in full compliance of the rules and regulations in force" a press release from the company added.
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Siddaramaiah in 'helpless situation', under some 'compulsion', claims Cong MLA Rajanna
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Bengaluru (PTI): Amid claims that Siddaramaiah's confidants are being targeted within the ruling Congress in Karnataka, following recent actions against some party leaders, senior MLA K N Rajanna on Friday alleged that the chief minister is "helpless" and under some "compulsion" as he is not standing up to defend his people.
The comments from the former minister, who is considered close to Siddaramaiah, came after Congress took action against some of its minority community leaders--considered close to the CM--following allegations of an internal conspiracy against the party candidate in the Davanagere South bypoll held on April 9.
Rajanna himself was sacked from the Ministry last August on the instructions of the party high command, following his alleged comments criticising top party leader Rahul Gandhi's "vote theft" charge.
"There will be vested interests in the party who will try to conspire against those who have been loyal to the party and want the party to grow for the welfare of the people. Nothing can be done about it. What we expect from our chief minister is that when such a situation arises, he should stand strong, but he is not standing and that is a sad thing," Rajanna said in response to a question whether Siddaramaiah's followers were being targeted in Congress.
Speaking to reporters here, he said, "... I don't know what his thinking is. But we did not expect such a helpless situation from Siddaramaiah."
When asked who had made Siddaramaiah helpless, the former minister said, "I won't say who, you understand it yourself."
"People are saying that those close to Siddaramaiah are being targeted...I don't know what compulsions Siddaramaiah has. If he tells, we can know, but he won't say. I don't know under what compulsion he is following this neutrality," he said, adding that the CM is helpless and a person becomes "helpless" when his/her voice shrinks.
The Congress recently suspended MLC K Abdul Jabbar from the party's primary membership and relieved another MLC Naseer Ahmed from the post of chief minister's political secretary. This action came after a group of Muslim leaders accused members of their own party of "conspiracy" to defeat the official candidate in Davanagere South.
Following the action against Jabbar and Naseer Ahmed, speculation is that Housing Minister B Z Zameer Ahmed Khan may also face action during the next cabinet rejig, as these three wanted a Muslim to get the bypoll ticket in Davanagere South, which the party gave to the late MLA Shamanur Shivashankarappa's grandson Samarth Mallikarjun. They also did not actively participate in campaigning.
Citing a Kannada saying that there is no punishment for the mistakes committed by the King, Rajanna, in what seemed to be a veiled dig at Deputy Chief Minister D K Shivakumar, asked, "Does sharing a stage with a person (referring to Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev) who said, 'Who is Rahul Gandhi? I don't know,' not amount to indiscipline?"
Referring to AICC chief Mallikarjun Kharge's statement on whether poverty could be ended by taking a dip in the Ganga at Prayagraj, he said, "...but this person (again referring to Shivakumar) goes there and compliments UP CM Yogi Adityanath for arrangements made for the Kumbh Mela. He also goes to Ambani family marriage, while Rahul Gandhi did not even accept the invitation."
"I'm not saying that action should be taken against this person too, but the party will have to observe these things also," he added.
Rajanna further pointed out that no action was taken when veteran Congress leader and late MLA from Davanagere South Shamanur Shivashankarappa made a speech seeking votes for BJP candidate B Y Raghavandra during Shivamogga Lok Sabha polls, and asked if this did not amount to indiscipline.
"The same people were at the helm then (referring to Shivakumar as KPCC chief), even a verbal warning was not given to him (Shivashankarappa)," he said, adding that, similarly no action was taken when Samarth Shamanur filed his nomination in Davanagere South before the party announced its candidate for Davanagere South-- that was also an act of indiscipline.
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