SC reserves judgement on Sadananda Gowda's plea

October 29, 2015 19:46

The Supreme Court today reserved its judgement on the pleas filed by Union Law Minister Sadananda Gowda and a BJP MLA against the Karnataka High Court verdict quashing the sanction of a five-storey building in Bangalore built in violation of rules.

A bench comprising Justices Madan B Lokur and S A Bobde reserved its verdict after counsel for the different parties concluded their arguments. "Arguments concluded. Judgment reserved," the bench said after hearing arguments advanced by the counsel for the law minister and lawyer Prashant Bhushan, representing an activist who had approached High Court against the BJP leader.

During the hearing, Bhushan said the entire events show blatant disregard and violation of the law by a person who was the then Chief Minister of Karnataka.

"This kind of fraud is being played right under the nose of authorities. He (Gowda) made a single building and bifurcated it into two. They are carrying out commercial activity and no law permits them so.

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