Entry Restrictions Imposed on Karnataka-Kerala border regions will be withdrawn
State Government informs High Court
Bengaluru: Informing the High Court verbally, the state government said that the order imposing entry-restrictions on border regions connecting Karnataka and Kerala, which was previously granted to District administrative authorities would be withdrawn.
The High Court’s Divisional Bench oversaw the hearing into the Public Interest petition submitted by B. Subbaiyya, an advocate from Kasaragod that questioned the imposed entry-restrictions on the Kerala border ordered by the Dakshina Kannada DC.
Representing the petitioner, Advocate K. Ravishanker argued that the state government has explicitly stated in its new regulations that entry restrictions must not be imposed upon the interstate travellers and vehicles running between states at the interstate borders. Despite this, the State Government’s Traffic division is imposing such restrictions. Moreover, no provision in the law allows local authorities to restrict traffic, he informed the bench.
The Advocate representing the State Government responded by verbally stating that the State Government would withdraw the powers vested on local authorities to block traffic along the border and the check-posts. The Tribunal recorded the statement and ordered the state government to release a written clarification in this regard and pushed the hearing to May 1st.
The Advocate representing the Central Government, M.N Kumar informed the bench that the state's border traffic would not be closed in accordance with the central government's new rules.
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Senior Congress MLA, former Minister Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passes away
Bengaluru (PTI): Veteran Congress leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa passed away at a private hospital here on Sunday due to age-related ailments, official sources said.
He was 95 and represented the Davanagere South Assembly constituency. He had been undergoing treatment at the hospital for some time.
Shivashankarappa is survived by three sons, including S S Mallikarjun, Karnataka Minister for Mines and Geology and Horticulture, and four daughters.
His daughter-in-law, Prabha Mallikarjun, is the Member of Parliament from Davanagere.
A former minister, Shivashankarappa, served as treasurer of the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) for several decades and was the president of the All India Veerashaiva Mahasabha, the apex body of the influential Veerashaiva-Lingayat community.
He was also a noted educationist who established several educational institutions and was an industrialist.
