Govt has open mind over venue of law varsity: Minister
The Newindpress.com
Tuesday August 8 2006 14:29 IST
GULBARGA: Minister for Higher Education D H Shankaramurthy has said that the State Government had not taken final decision on where to establish the proposed Law University in the State and that it had kept options open.
Speaking to the media at Sedam, about 50 km from here, on Monday, Shankaramurthy made it clear that although the previous governments might have taken a decision on the starting of the Law University at Hubli, the present government would look into all aspects of the venue for the university.
“We have an open mind in this regard. Whatever has been stated is not final. We will consider all aspects before taking a final decision,” Shankaramurthy said.
When it was pointed out that Gulbarga is the most suitable place for establishing the Law University as it was here that the legendary ‘Mitakshara’ legal treatise was written by Vijnaneshwara, paving way for the evolution of the Indian legal system, Shankaramurthy said: “We will consider emotional aspect and technical matters before taking a final decision.” Maintaining that he has not yet gone deep into the issue, he promised to look into it in detail.
Replying to a suggestion on the issue that the selection of a suitable venue for the new law university be referred to the Special Officer appointed for the purpose, Shankaramurthy said: “I can assure you one thing that the law university will not come up in Bangalore. On where it should be established, we will take a suitable decision.”
It may be recalled that the previous Congress-JD (S) coalition government had taken a decision to set up the law university at Hubli and had even appointed a Special Officer to submit a report for the establishment of the same. The government had pre-empted the issue of venue for the university by taking a uni-lateral decision to have it at Hubli.
