Dinesh Gundu Rao, wife challenge legality of Karnataka Municipal Corporation and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Act, 2021
Minister for Health Dinesh Gundu Rao and his wife Tabassum Dinesh Rao have approached the Karnataka High Court challenging the legality of the Karnataka Municipal Corporation and Certain Other Law (Amendment) Act, 2021. This Act, enacted in January 2022, was designed to “nullify” the court’s 2021 judgment, which had declared charges such as ground rent, licence fees, scrutiny fees, and security deposits levied for sanctioning building plans as illegal.Notice questionedThe couple has also contested a demand notice issued to them by the BBMP on August 29, 2024. The notice requires them to pay ₹41.55 lakh in various charges under the amended law for the approval of a commercial building plan on a property they jointly own, in addition to ₹3.46 lakh towards labour cess.Justice Ashok S. Kinagi,...