<p> <br />He was interacting with the people at the end of his lecture on ‘Controlling Corruption- Role of engineers’ at the Institute of Engineers, which is commemorating 75 years of its establishment, here on Saturday. <br /><br />Justice Hegde said, the government officials turned a blind eye when Akrama (illegal) was taking place and now a scheme is brought to legalise illegal structures. <br />He viewed that the entire Akrama-Sakrama scheme is as good as illegal.<br /><br />“The case can be referred to the illegal mining, which is a case of theft under the IPC section 379 but under the mining act the government can levy compound fee for illegal mining,” said Justice Hegde.<br /><br />Earlier speaking to the audience, Justice Hegde pulled up the government for not initiating any action against the illegal mining happening in Bellary. <br /></p>
<p> <br />He was interacting with the people at the end of his lecture on ‘Controlling Corruption- Role of engineers’ at the Institute of Engineers, which is commemorating 75 years of its establishment, here on Saturday. <br /><br />Justice Hegde said, the government officials turned a blind eye when Akrama (illegal) was taking place and now a scheme is brought to legalise illegal structures. <br />He viewed that the entire Akrama-Sakrama scheme is as good as illegal.<br /><br />“The case can be referred to the illegal mining, which is a case of theft under the IPC section 379 but under the mining act the government can levy compound fee for illegal mining,” said Justice Hegde.<br /><br />Earlier speaking to the audience, Justice Hegde pulled up the government for not initiating any action against the illegal mining happening in Bellary. <br /></p>