High Court dismisses PIL against Rajkumar statue

Bangalore: Even as the 14.5 ft tall bronze statue of late thespian Dr Rajkumar was un­veiled at South End Circle, in the city, the High Court on Thursday dismissed a PIL alleging that the statue was is in violation of a Supreme Court ruling.

The division bench, headed by Chief Justice D.H. Waghela, dismissed the PIL, filed by one Ashok Kumar, seeking direction to the state government and BBMP not to allow the erection of the statue, as it was in violation of SC ruling on statues in public place.

The petitioner had relied upon an apex court order in 2013, directing all states not to grant permission for ere­cting statues or construction of any structure at pub­lic places or on highways, whi­ch would obstr­uct traffic.

Ba­s­ed on the SC order, the petitioner alleged that the Rajk­umar statue was in the vicinity of a pu­blic park and sho­uld not be allowed to come up. How­ever, the court dismissed his plea as the statue was unveiled in the presence of BBMP Mayor Katte Satyan­a­raya­na, and others.

Pascal case

In a relief to the mother of Pascal Mazurier, a French consulate employee accu­sed of raping his daughter, the high court has granted her permission to visit her grand­children. The court directed Pascal’s wife Suja Jones Mazurier to keep her children present at Bangalore Mediation Centre on Friday at 5.30 pm, before the Center’s Director or Dep­uty Director.

The court has also directed both Pas­cal and Suja Jones Ma­zurier to be present along with their advocates. Pas­cal had alle­ged in the petition that his wife had diso­be­yed the earlier order of the Fam­ily Cou­rt, which had allo­wed his mother visitation at the Medi­ation Ce­ntre in the presence of a mediator.