Govt Told to Check Safety in School Cabs

Govt Told to Check Safety in School Cabs

A division bench of Justices K L Manjunath and S Sujatha on Wednesday asked the officials of the Department of Public Instruction and RTO to check if the school cabs  are following the guidelines issued by authorities for the safety of children.

Hearing a public interest litigation filed by advocate N P Amrutesh, the bench directed the officials to file an affidavit within two weeks.

“The affidavit should contain the status of safety measures taken by school cabs, how many cabs are not following it and the number of cases booked for violation of guidelines,” the bench said.

Amrutesh pointed out the lack of safety measures in schools cabs, autorickshaws, buses and other vehicles ferrying children.

Notice to Minister

The High Court on Wednesday issued a notice to Medical Education Minister Sharan Prakash Patil and principal secretary to the medical education department on the appointment of director of Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology.

Hearing a petition challenging the appointment of Dr K B Lingegowda as director of the institute, Justice B V Nagarathna ruled that the appointment is subject to the result of the writ petition.

In the petition, Dr K C Lakshmaiah (56), professor and head of the oncology department of the institute, contended that the appointment is contrary to law.

He stated that Dr Lingegowda (52), professor and head of the department of palliative medicine of the institute, is an anesthesiologist and is not qualified to become the director. Moreover, the Medical Council of India did not recognise palliative medicine.

New Bench to Hear Seer’s Plea

The High Court on Wednesday constituted a division bench of Justices Anand Byrareddy and N Ananda to hear the writ appeal filed by Sri Raghaveshwara Bharathi Swami of Ramachandrapura Mutt.

The seer, who has been charged with rape, had challenged the court’s order to dismiss his writ petition filed against the criminal proceedings initiated against him.