‘Hubli Law University will be operational soon’

Source: http://www.hindu.com/2009/06/24/stories/2009062460710400.htm

— Photo: V. Sreenivasa Murthy

First copy: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa and KAT Chairman A.V. Sreenivasa Reddy at the release of Karnataka Services Law Journal in Bangalore on Tuesday.

BANGALORE: Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Suresh Kumar on Tuesday said the Law University proposed at Hubli is expected to start in the first week of August.

Mr. Kumar was speaking at a function organised by the Karnataka Administrative Tribunal (KAT) to release its journal titled Karnataka Services Law Journal. He hoped that the varsity at Hubli would earn international reputation. Earlier, releasing the journal, Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa said steps had been taken to shift the KAT premises from Indiranagar to Khanija Bhavan. He said the law university at Hubli would become operational soon.

He promised all help to the KAT in providing better infrastructure and facilities. He said he would ensure that all Government departments purchased the journal.

KAT Chairman A.V. Sreenivasa Reddy said that so far over 1.78 lakh cases had been filed in the tribunal of which 1.6 lakh had been decided. He said there are only 18,350 cases pending. KAT Member Manjula Devi said the journal had commenced publication in 1986 when the tribunal was established. It had, however, stopped publication in 1998 and it was only now that it was being revived.

She urged the Government to take steps to computerise the KAT offices and administration. Advocate-General Ashok Harnahalli, said Karnataka was one of the few states that had a journal dedicated to bring out judgments of the tribunal.

CM proposes six more universities - Law university in Hubli

Source: http://www.dnaindia.com/academy/report_cm-proposes-six-more-universities_1265023
Bangalore: In a bid to accommodate the increasing rush of students to Karnataka and Bangalore for higher education and to attain high standards in education, chief minister BS Yedyurappa on Sunday said that six new universities -- Sankrit and Veda university in Bangalore, music and fine arts university in Mysore, agriculture and horticulture university in Raichur, law university in Hubli and new Davangere university in Davangere -- would be set up across the state, stressing on unconventional modes of education. The government is also planning to set up an ayurvedic and a polytechnic university soon.

He was speaking to the media after inaugurating the the Prajnana, the activity centre of Vidyarthi Shikskana Seva Trust in Nagarbhavi. "To better the education system and to make it affordable to all, the state will reduce the interest rate to six per cent on education loans up to Rs5 lakh,'' he said adding that this would attract more students to Karnataka.

The education of Karnataka is reaching new heights, said National Institute of Advanced Studies director and Rajya Sabha member Dr K Kasturirangan. He said that the Karnataka Education Portal was laudable. Forty institutions and over 6.5 lakh students have visited the portal till date, while over 10,000 students have interacted through it.