Therefore, direction may be issued to respondents to consider the application for grant of contract carriage permits to run bike taxi to the appellant herein.
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected the Centre’s plea challenging the direction issued by Karnataka High Court to increase supply of oxygen in the state to 1200 MT.
The Supreme Court will today hear a plea filed by the Centre against a Karnataka High Court order, directing the latter to increase the supply of oxygen in the state to 1200 MT.
The Karnataka High Court said that the alleged attempt to pay a "bribe to the petitioner for securing the post of Governor" has lowered the prestige of Judges and the post of Governor.
The petitioners followed the order of the Karnataka High Court, directing them to approach the NGT in a plea challenging Section 40 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
The Congress and Janata Dal (S) had formed a coalition government in the state after the 2018 Assembly elections. It fell in 2019 after 16 MLAs of both the Congress and the Janata Dal (S) resigned from the house after which the BJP came to power.
The Supreme Court today has deferred hearing on a plea filed by Ramachnadapura Math against the decision of the Karnataka High Court which had constituted a “overseeing committee” and handed over the management of the Gokarna Temple to the said committee instead of the petitioner Math.