Govt. decides to build 60,000 houses under CM Housing Scheme: UT Khader
22000 houses for north Karnataka
Bengaluru, August 06: Urban Development and Housing Minister UT Khader said that the government has decided to construct 60,000 houses in the state under the Chief Minister's Housing Scheme and among them, 22000 houses would be reserved for north Karnataka.
Speaking to reporters here on Monday, the Minister said that Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy would launch the drive of constructing the houses at Hubballi on August 12 at 4pm. Among those houses, 22000 houses would be constructed in North Karnataka for which tender process was over and the construction work would complete within eight months, he said.
Each house would cost Rs 4.50 lakh. The central government would fund 30 per cent, while state government share was 40 per cent and 20 per cent would be taken as bank loan and the beneficiary has to bear the remaining 10 per cent of the cost. Under this scheme, the beneficiary would get 50 per cent subsidy. For SC/ST categories, the central government would give Rs 1.50 lakh and state government would give Rs 2 lakh subsidy. However, the general category beneficiaries would get Rs 1.50 lakh from the centre and Rs 1.20 lakh subsidy from the state government, the Minister said.
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K’taka HC judge whose controversial remarks triggered controversy expresses regret before open court
Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court judge, Justice V Srishananda, on Saturday expressed regret in open court after facing backlash over his controversial remarks in his recent court hearings, reported Bar and Bench.
Two purported video clips from Justice V Srishananda’s court hearing that show him making inappropriate comments went viral across social media platforms.
On Saturday, Justice Srishananda invited members of the Advocates Association, Bengaluru, and senior lawyers to his courtroom at 2:30 PM, where he read out a note expressing regret for inappropriate comments.
Quoting Advocates Association President Vivek Subba Reddy, Bar and Bench wrote, “He expressed regret for the comments and clarified that it was not his intention to offend any community or members of the Bar. He also requested the association to relay this message to all members of the Bar.”
Reddy further stated, “We also advised him to encourage young lawyers in the courtroom and refrain from making any irrelevant remarks during hearings.”
Another senior lawyer present during the session confirmed to the legal news portal that Justice Srishananda also addressed comments directed at a woman lawyer, who was seen in one of the videos being reprimanded by the judge. The judge Justice Srishananda clarified that his remarks were not intended to target her (woman lawyer) specifically, but rather pertained to the appellant she was representing. “He explained that his comment was meant to imply that the appellant seemed to know a lot about the other party,” said the lawyer.
In addition, Justice Srishananda assured those present that he would avoid making such comments in the future.
The controversy came to light on September 19, when a video clip from an August 28 Court hearing surfaced on social media, showing Justice Srishananda referring to a Muslim-majority sub-locality in Bengaluru’s Goripalya as "Pakistan." Hours later, another video from the same courtroom emerged, in which the judge was seen making a gender-insensitive remark.
Following outrage over the viral videos, a Supreme Court bench led by Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, along with Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, Surya Kant, and Hrishikesh Roy, on September 20 took a suo motu cognizance and sought a report from the Karnataka High Court Registrar General in connection with the viral video.
