Bengaluru: The High Court has directed the government to take a decision for providing a video conference hearing facility to all the quasi-judicial authorities in the State, mainly the authorities under the Karnataka Land Revenue Act.
The order was ruled by a division bench headed by Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka on Thursday, June 24. The bench said that it is high time that the government takes a decision for providing facilities of video conferencing hearing to all quasi-judicial authorities and commence the same in a phased manner.
The government advocate submitted that compliance with the order of the court was delayed because the quasi-judicial proceedings by revenue authorities that include tahsildars, assistant commissioners, regional commissioners and deputy commissioners have not taken place for the past year due to Covid – 19.
Directing the government to disclose whether any of the quasi-judicial authorities have been provided with proper video conferencing facilities, the bench has posted the matter to July 13, to enable the government to submit information on providing video conferencing hearing facilities.
The direction comes in the wake of a PIL filed with regard to the issue.
