Bengaluru’s land mafia and land sharks get laws bent to serve their interests: Karnataka High Court

A view of the High Court of Karnataka. Observing that “the land mafias and land sharks of Bengaluru get every law and rule bent to be favourable towards them”, the High Court of Karnataka has criticised the Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) for reducing the width of a proposed access road to a landlocked private property to favour a real estate developer, contrary to earlier orders of the Lokayukta, the High Court and the Supreme Court.A Division Bench comprising Justice D.K. Singh and Justice T.M. Nadaf made these observations while allowing an appeal filed by brothers J.V. Venkatesh and J.V. Srinivas, who own three acres of land in Survey No. 1A, Block 11, of Jakkur Plantation Village, Yelahanka Hobli, Bengaluru North Taluk.18 metres vs. 9.5 metresThe Bench quashed the BDA’s March 5,