{"id":59062,"date":"2020-03-11T15:43:29","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T10:13:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59062"},"modified":"2020-03-11T15:43:29","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T10:13:29","slug":"karnataka-high-court-not-only-removes-pil-petitioner-from-the-case-but-also-penalises-with-heavy-cost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/karnataka-high-court-not-only-removes-pil-petitioner-from-the-case-but-also-penalises-with-heavy-cost","title":{"rendered":"Karnataka\u00a0High Court not only removes PIL Petitioner from the Case but also penalises with heavy Cost."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Karnataka-HC.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"54089\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ensure-pothole-free-bengaluru-by-thursday-karnataka-hc-to-government\/karnataka-hc\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Karnataka-HC.jpg?fit=842%2C486&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"842,486\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Karnataka-HC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Karnataka-HC.jpg?fit=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Karnataka-HC.jpg?fit=640%2C369&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-54089\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Karnataka-HC.jpg?resize=640%2C369&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"369\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Karnataka-HC.jpg?w=842&amp;ssl=1 842w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Karnataka-HC.jpg?resize=150%2C87&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Karnataka-HC.jpg?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/09\/Karnataka-HC.jpg?resize=768%2C443&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Under the rules pertaining to filing PILs, it is mandatory for a litigant to disclose all the material facts relating to him as well as about his activities relating to the cause he or she is espousing.<\/p>\n<p>However, the non-adherence to these basic norms proved costly for a litigant as the\u00a0Karnataka\u00a0high court on Tuesday not only removed him from the position of petitioner, but also slapped on him Rs 25,000 as cost payable to the state government.<\/p>\n<p>The petition will now be treated as suo motu PIL. It challenges the leasing of government land to a trust.<\/p>\n<p>N Hanumegowda , a resident of Bengaluru and petitioner in the PIL, did not disclose the fact that a criminal defamation case was registered against him by B J Puttaswamy and he was convicted in the said proceedings. B J Puttaswamy, former MLC and former political adviser to B S Yediyurappa, is the fifth respondent in the PIL.<\/p>\n<p>During the hearing, the court was informed that the petitioner had not disclosed the said fact.<\/p>\n<p>Though the petitioner\u2019s counsel claimed that the said verdict of the trial court has been stayed in the appeal proceedings, a division bench headed by chief justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka noted that the petitioner should have disclosed those facts as a pro bono litigant and cannot continue as petitioner in the backdrop of non-disclosure.<\/p>\n<p>In his PIL, Hanumegowda had sought action against former MLC B J Puttaswamy. According to him, 10 acres of government gomala land at Nagaruru village in Bengaluru north taluk was leased to Vishwa Ganiga Samudaya Trust headed by B J Puttaswamy for 30 years on an annual rent of Rs 1,000 per acre.<\/p>\n<p>He further claimed that the trust deed was amended in 2013 to get Rs 5 cr grant from the government.He had sought for investigation into the issue and also recovery of money granted by the government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Under the rules pertaining to filing PILs, it is mandatory for a litigant to disclose all the material facts relating to him as well as about his activities relating to the cause he or she is espousing. 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