After SC intervenes, MCC issues Occupancy Certificate for Solitaire within a day

Mahesh Nayak
December 11, 2019

Mangaluru, Dec 11: In a heartening corollary to the legal maxim ‘Justice delayed is justice denied’, the Supreme Court has effectively intervened to ensure justice to the citizens by instructing Mangaluru City Corporation to stop delay and comply with its earlier order to issue Occupancy Certificate to the residential building Solitaire situated at Hat Hill in the city.

Flat owners in the building were being put to great hardship due to failure of the City Corporation to process the application for Occupancy Certificate for the building submitted by its promoter Land Trades Builders & Developers, though the apex court in its Order dated 19.07.2019 had upheld its Building License and directed Mangaluru City Corporation ‘to consider the issuance of completion certificate in accordance with law, expeditiously’.

Despite the clear court directive, the City Corporation had taken no initiative during the past four months to issue the Occupancy Certificate though the builder had fulfilled all the requirements. The Fire Department too had promptly complied with the court order and given its clearance. Hence there was no valid reason for the City Corporation to withhold giving the Occupancy Certificate.

Customers who had purchased flats in the building were experiencing unnecessary hardship due to City Corporation’s delay as many were forced to continue to stay in rented house while paying installment on Home Loan. Some flat owners were having difficulty in redeeming tax relief on Capital Gains Tax. The deadline given by RERA to file Completion Certificate for the project too would have expired in the first week of December. Due to this reason, and also to protect the interests of the flat owners, the builder was forced to approach the Supreme Court for relief.

On 25-11-2019 while considering the builder’s plea, the court enquired with the Counsel for City Corporation about why the Occupancy Certificate had not been given and whether it would be given or not. The Counsel responded that it would immediately comply with the Court Order. Subsequently, he produced the certificate before the court on 29-11-2019 and handed it over to the builder.

“I am grateful to Hon’ble Supreme Court for ensuring justice to me and my customers,” said K. Shrinath Hebbar, proprietor of Land Trades Builders & Developers. “It is regrettable that citizens have to repeatedly approach the highest court in the land to get justice even after favourable order is passed. Legal remedies like PIL are meant to protect citizen’s rights. The court has made a clear distinction between public interest and private interest and showed that it will not allow anyone to misrepresent PIL for making unlawful gain. This experience has strengthened my faith in the justice delivery system,” he said.

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July 7,2020

Bengaluru, Jul 7: Former Health minister and Congress MLA UT Khader has alleged that the state government has purchased coronavirus equipment for more than twice the actual price.

"Rs 500 sanitizers have been purchased for Rs 900 and Rs 9,000 has been paid to Rs 1200 for the thermal metre by the government. Instead of asking to allow him to work, Mr B Sriramulu, being health minister he must work for the people," he said.

He said that three months have passed since the pandemic started but the state government is still struggling to send ambulances to needy patients.

"Instead of ambulance it is sending final rights vehicle to needy people," Khader said.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, there are 23,474 coronavirus cases in Karnataka including 13,255 and 372 deaths.

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August 6,2020

Karwar, Aug 6: In a shocking incident, a 40-day-old girl child was murdered by her own parents in Sirsi town in Karnataka’s Uttara Kannada district.

The accused are Priyanka (21) and her husband Chandrashekhar Bhat (42), residents of Ramanakoppa in Sahasrahalli in Yellapur.

According to police, the couple did not want a girl child and hence threw it into a well. The couple was arrested by the police the very next day.

The incident came to light after the child’s maternal uncle, Abhishek Jagadeesh Singh Choudhari, a resident of Rajeev Nagar in Sirsi, lodge a complaint with Yellapur police station. 

He had claimed that his sister Priyanka’s baby had been kidnapped and subsequently killed. 

Priyanka had claimed that she woke up around 2.30am on August 2 to find that her baby, Tanushri, was not in her cradle. Her husband’s family subsequently started searching for the baby, which they found dead inside a well. 

Choudhari suspected that Tanushri had been kidnapped, and had been killed by her abductors to erase any evidence of their crime.

Uttara Kannada superintendent of police Shivaprakash Devaraju constituted a team to crack the crime, and the cops, who subjected the parents to an interrogation, found that they were the culprits.

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June 18,2020

Bengaluru, Jun 18: As many as 210 new COVID-19 cases and 12 deaths have been reported in Karnataka, taking the total cases to 7,944 and death toll to 114, said State Health Department.

Today, 179 persons have been discharged across the State while 4,983 persons have been discharged so far.

The number of total active cases in Karnataka stands at 2,843.

The COVID-19 count in India has reached 3,66,946 on Thursday, according to the Union Health and Family Welfare Ministry (MoHFW).

The death toll due to COVID-19 has now reached 12,237. The COVID-19 count includes 1,60,384 active cases, while 1,94,325 patients have been cured and discharged or migrated so far.

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