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Wednesday, Feb 08, 2006

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Rs. 5-lakh compensation for former BSF employee's family upheld

Staff Reporter

HIGH COURTROUND-UP A lower court had ordered HESCOM to pay Rs. 5 lakhs

BANGALORE: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday upheld the order of a lower court which awarded compensation of Rs. 5 lakhs to the mother of a former employee of the Border Security Force (BSF) who was electrocuted when he was on a visit to his village in Belgaum district.

A lower court had upheld a petition by his mother, Saroja, and directed the Hubli Electricity Supply Company (HESCOM) to pay compensation.

Mallikarjuna, who was employed with the BSF and was drawing a monthly salary of Rs. 5,601, had come on a visit to Kunnal near Saundatti. On May 11, 2000, he went to a farm along with his father. When he was returning, he stepped on a live wire.

Ms. Saroja sought compensation, saying her son would have risen to the rank of sub-inspector in the BSF.

The Senior Division Judge, Saundatti, allowed her petition, and HESCOM appealed against the judgment and decree of the court.

A Division Bench headed by Justice S.R. Bannurmath dismissed the appeal.

Apartment building

Justice Rammohan Reddy on Tuesday permitted the construction of an apartment building adjoining Mount Carmel College on Palace Road, Bangalore.

The order followed a direction by the court on December 15, 2005 to the Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BMP) to inspect the building and file a report on any violations by the builder in the building plan.

The BMP was asked to place records related to the sanctioned plan and commencement certificate.

In its report, the BMP said a team of officials had inspected the building in the presence of the contractor and engineer and found some violations.

It said it verified the sanctioned plan and the commencement certificate.

The BMP alleged that the commencement certificate for the 1st block of the apartment complex had not been obtained. It said that at the right side of the second block, a portion at the basement floor had come up within the setback area. No approach road to the property had been constructed though such a condition was mentioned in the licence. However, it said there were no deviations within the internal setback.

The petitioner, Magareth Property Developers, said an apartment building was coming up on property No. 59 on Palace Road. The builders said that when the construction was in progress, a few BMP officials inspected the site and asked them to stop construction, alleging that environmental clearance had not been obtained.

Denying the averments of the BMP, they said licence for the construction had been obtained. Justice Reddy directed the BMP to monitor the progress of construction and submit a report to the High Court every two months.

Petition disposed of

A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Cyriac Joseph and Justice Manjula Challur on Tuesday disposed of a public interest litigation petition on the sale of Lambani children in Gulbarga district.

The Bench said it was satisfied that the Government was making efforts to stop trafficking of Lambani children, highlighted by the petitioners — B. Krishna Bhat and Nagalakhshmi Bai. The petitioners said Lambani children were being sold to people from Andhra Pradesh.

The Bench commended the petitioners for highlighting the problem.

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