Key insights
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Court links stalled infrastructure project to prolonged litigation: The Bench said the project failed to decongest Bengaluru and instead clogged the High Court and other courts, with over 2,000 cases.
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Court cites possible causes for planning failure: The Bench called the project a classic example of non-commitment to public planning by people in power for reasons that may include large-scale corruption, bureaucratic trapping, and litigation.
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Court says existing agreement no longer serves the project’s purpose: The Bench said the earlier concept and the 1997 Framework Agreement had become frustrated and no purpose would be served by keeping the BMIC project alive.
Takeaways
The Karnataka High Court directed Karnataka to discard the BMIC project framework and decide on a new decongestion plan for Bengaluru at the earliest.
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