Lokayukta Court may be shifted to MS Building

The Lokayukta Court in the City is likely to be moved to the premises of the Karnataka Lokayukta Office in MS Building, its fourth shift in the last 11 months.

The court is presently functioning from a premises outside the Parappana Agrahara Central jail.

The Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka is said to have given his approval for shifting the court close to the City Civil Courts premises.

 The court will be shifted to the third floor of the Lokayukta Office that also houses the office of the Lokayukta Rural police. Preparations are said to be afoot to ready the court for sittings, before the vacation of the High Court is over.

Entry from first gate

Entry to the court will be through the first gate of MS Building. The official order on the shifting of the court is expected on Wednesday.

However, the decision will be subject to the final outcome of the writ petition in the High Court filed by advocates against the police and the media regarding the violence in the City Civil Courts premises on March 2.

While the main prayer of the advocates is for a CBI inquiry into the incident, they have also pleaded for the shifting of the court back to the City Civil Courts complex.