Permanent bench of Karnataka High Court to be inaugurated on Saturday

By PTI - DHARWAD

Published: 24th August 2013 01:05 PM

Last Updated: 24th August 2013 01:05 PM

A permanent bench of the Karnataka High Court will be inaugurated in Dharwad on Saturday while another bench in Gulbarga will become operational on August 31.

The Union Cabinet had approved upgrading the circuit Benches to permanent benches in June. Under the order, the Chief Justice of the Karnataka High Court has been empowered to nominate judges from his High Court to sit at Dharwad for cases arising in Bagalkot, Bellary, Belgaum, Dharwad, Gadag, Haveri, Uttara Kannada-Karwar and Koppal districts.

Judges sitting at the Gulbarga Bench will look after cases arising in Bidar, Bijapur, Gulbarga and Raichur districts of the state.

The order also gives the Karnataka HC Chief Justice the discretionary power to order any case or class of cases arising in any of the districts to be heard at the principal Bench at Bangalore.

At present, judges are sitting at Circuit Benches on a rotational basis for one month. The creation of permanent Benches would mean that judges will sit there on a permanent basis and it will end inconvenience to them, advocates and litigants.

Circuit Benches at Dharwad and Gulbarga were set up in July, 2008. The state had a sanctioned strength of 41 judges in 2008, which has been increased to 50 Judges since November, 2009.

Out of these, 6 or 7 judges sit at the Circuit Bench at Dharwad and 4-3 judges at the Circuit Bench at Gulbarga on rotation basis. The state has sanctioned 190 positions of officials to work for the Dharwad Circuit Bench.

Infy campus at Hubli gets Cabinet nod

Bangalore, Aug 23, 2013, DHNS :

The State High Level Clearance Committee headed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Friday cleared 19 projects with an investment potential of Rs 14,818 crore including a new campus of IT giant Infosys in Hubli, besides projects proposed by Asian Paints and Wipro Enterprises, in Mysore.

According to a statement released by the chief minister’s office, the 19 projects have the potential to provide employment to 69,746 people. Infosys is likely to invest Rs 472 crore for its new campus in Hubli. However, the government did not release the details of the nature of the projects cleared.

Infosys is in possession of 50 acres of land in Hubli.

IT and BT Minister S R Patil had recently met Infosys Executive Chairman N R Narayana Murthy and urged him to open a campus in North Karnataka.

According to sources, Asian Paints will set up a six lakh litre paint manufacturing plant in Mysore, while Wipro Enterprises will set up a piston manufacturing unit in the same district. Mysore, the home district of Siddaramaiah, has got the second highest investment at Rs 2,404 crore only next to Bangalore (rural) at Rs 4,397 crore.

Other big ticket projects cleared include Cognizant Technology Solutions India Ltd at Devanahalli IT park, Tata Power for manufacturing equipment at Kolar, Kirloskar Toyota Textile Machinery for setting up its units in Bangalore rural and Belgaum.

Hubli airport gets cargo service

Basavaraj F Kattimani, TNN Aug 22, 2013, 04.20AM IST

HUBLI: People can now easily export various commodities from Hubli as the long-awaited cargo service started at the Hubli airport recently. After the introduction of flight service to Bangalore, Mumbai and Delhi from Hubli, there has been demand for cargo service. After much discussion and studying the feasibility, the Airports Authority of India had given its approval a few days back.

The Hubli Airport Authority had given permission to Blue Dart and DTDC courier companies, which have been handling cargo service since few days. K M Basavaraj, director, Hubli Airport, said: ''The long-pending demand of the people has been met. As of now, we have allowed two private courier companies to handle cargo service. Depending on the response, we will give permission to more companies to handle the service.''

Keonics to set up IT park in Belgaum

R Uday Kumar, TNN Aug 17, 2013, 04.17AM IST

BELGAUM: Karnataka State Electronics Development Corporation Limited (Keonics) will set up an IT park in a five-acre land in Belgaum and an incubation centre will be set up in an engineering college in Belgaum, said minister for IT and BT SR Patil here on Friday.

''Instead of giving barren land to firms, the government has decided to construct a building and later give it to the firms. Soon, they will identify the land. Once this is done, more IT firms will definitely come to Belgaum. The IT park will be on the model of ITPL in Bangalore. The minimum area will be 100,000 sqft and can accommodate IT companies,'' Patil said.

He said the incubation centre will serve students in honing their skills before getting into the job.

At another function, Patil said that as Bangalore was saturated, IT industry will in future focus more on Tier II cities like Mysore, Mangalore, Hubli, Dharwad, Gulbarga and Belgaum.

More focus will be given to North Karnataka region, especially Belgaum, he said.

Speaking after inaugurating the first Techtree IT System's shore development centre, which happens to be the first software unit in Belgaum, Patil said that the Union government had approved the Information Technology Investment Region, coming up on about 10,500 acres near Bangalore which would generate nearly 40 lakh jobs. It will be set up near the Bengaluru International Airport.

''We have started speaking to IT giants on the need to focus on Tier II and III cities. Mysore is the most fast developing Tier II cities in Karnataka. Belgaum also has all the required facilities. IT sector should grow across the state and generate employment. A few weeks back, I spoke to NR Narayana Murthy, executive chairman, Infosys, on starting their unit in Hubli. We have given 50 acres for the unit, which can provide nearly 10,000 jobs,'' he said.

He also mentioned that based on the ICT report, the state is looking at increasing employment in the IT sector from 8 lakh to 20 lakh and software exports from the current Rs 1,30,000 crore to Rs 4,00,000 crore.

Focus on Suvarna Soudha: Patil said that if the location of Vidhana Soudha made Bangalore famous, then the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha should bring fame to Belgaum. He said government departments which are important for North Karnataka people should be set up at the Suvarna Soudha.

"The previous government did a good job by constructing the Suvarna Vidhana Soudha. After investing nearly Rs 400 crore, it should not go waste,'' he said.

HUBLI:Rajnagar stadium fit for international matches

Rajnagar stadium fit for international matches

TNN Aug 8, 2013, 04.39AM IST

HUBLI: Karnataka State Cricket Association Rajnagar stadium of Hubli is fit to host international cricket matches, said SuruNayak, Cricket Operations Manager, Board of Control for Cricket in India (Bon Wednesday.

He said that more international matches will be held here. He was speaking to reporters after inspecting the stadium.

He took stock of the preparedness for hosting international matches in October. "The ground and the practice match facility at the stadium are excellent. But the stadium lacks a medical room for first aid for which a recommendation will be made to the Karnataka State Cricket Association to arrange for medical facility at the stadium," he said. Hospitality and security arrangements are also good, he added. Of the three four-day international matches to be held in Karnataka -one each in Hubli, Mysore and final match in Bangalore- one match will be held at the stadium from October 2 to October 6.