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High Court puts brakes on Devaraja Market demolition


Mysore/Mysuru: The grand plans of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to demolish and reconstruct
Devaraja Market more than 125 years old in city may not be realised in the near future as the Karnataka High Court yesterday restrained the civic body from razing the heritage structure. The Court ordered the State Government and the MCC not to act on the implementation of the Dec.10, 2019 resolution of the Special Heritage Committee that had recommended demolishing and reconstructing of Devaraja Market. 
A Division Bench of the Court comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice S. Vishwajith Shetty passed this interim order while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Prof. D. Shrijay Devaraj Urs, former Registrar (Evaluation), University of Mysore and three others. The petitioners sought a direction from the Court to protect and preserve the heritage structure. ....

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