<p>The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner to decide on the representation seeking access to the Gandhi memorial inside the Hotel Lalit Ashok premises.</p>.<p>The High Court has set a deadline of 12 weeks to resolve the issue.</p>.<p>The Public Interest Litigation, filed by the city-based NGO, Samarpana, was disposed of by the division bench comprising acting Chief Justice L Narayanaswamy and Justice P S Dinesh Kumar after directing the police commissioner.</p>.<p>The petitioners stated that Mahatma Gandhi, during his visit to Bangalore in 1927, had conducted a public meeting in the area which is today known as the Kumara Krupa Road, Kumara Park East.</p>.<p>A memorial was built at the same place thereafter. There is indeed a tree - the 'Jyothi Vriksha' - where the Mahatma held a prayer meeting. However, the petitioners had alleged that as the place is currently within the premises of the Ashoka Hotel, there is a restriction on the public visit and sought the court's intervention.</p>
<p>The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the Bengaluru City Police Commissioner to decide on the representation seeking access to the Gandhi memorial inside the Hotel Lalit Ashok premises.</p>.<p>The High Court has set a deadline of 12 weeks to resolve the issue.</p>.<p>The Public Interest Litigation, filed by the city-based NGO, Samarpana, was disposed of by the division bench comprising acting Chief Justice L Narayanaswamy and Justice P S Dinesh Kumar after directing the police commissioner.</p>.<p>The petitioners stated that Mahatma Gandhi, during his visit to Bangalore in 1927, had conducted a public meeting in the area which is today known as the Kumara Krupa Road, Kumara Park East.</p>.<p>A memorial was built at the same place thereafter. There is indeed a tree - the 'Jyothi Vriksha' - where the Mahatma held a prayer meeting. However, the petitioners had alleged that as the place is currently within the premises of the Ashoka Hotel, there is a restriction on the public visit and sought the court's intervention.</p>
