Karnataka High Court Allows Service Of Notice By Email To BBMP, BESCOM, KIADB
The Karnataka High Court has directed that in all the appeals/petitions/applications filed in the High Court, where the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company Limited, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board and BBMP are parties or where their officers are made parties in their official capacity, it will be open for the members of the Bar and parties in person to serve copies of the...
The Karnataka High Court has directed that in all the appeals/petitions/applications filed in the High Court, where the Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company Limited, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board and BBMP are parties or where their officers are made parties in their official capacity, it will be open for the members of the Bar and parties in person to serve copies of the cases filed in the High Court in the physical form at the address mentioned and/or soft copies at the email-IDs mentioned above;
A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay OKa and Justice Suraj Govindaraj said " Copies shall be served in the physical form or in the soft form along with a covering letter of the advocate and/or party in person stating FR number or case number of the case. If service is effected in the above manner by providing either FR number or case number, the concerned authorities shall ensure that their respective advocates appear before the Court and as when the cases are listed before the Court."
Further it said "Bengaluru Electricity Supply Company Limited, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board and BBMP shall ensure that if the service of the copies of appeals/petitions/applications is made in the aforesaid manner, the cases will be immediately entrusted to the panel advocate/standing counsel so that the authorities or the officers who are made parties in their official capacity, can immediately appear before the Court through the panel advocate/standing counsel."
The court clarified that "The service of hard copies or soft copies shall be made only during the office working hours of the aforesaid corporations; and the Corporations are bound to appear before the Court provided service is effected 48 hours in advance (excluding holidays)."
The court said "We propose to pass similar orders in relation to other Public Sector Corporations. We request the counsel representing the other Public Sector Corporations to provide the necessary details to the learned Additional Advocate General so that compilation of data be placed before the Court.
The address on which the copies can be forwarded.
Deputy General Manager-DGM Legal, Legal Section,
BESCOM Corporate Office, K.R.Circle,
Bangalore-560 001
Email ID:legalsectionbescome@gmail.com
Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board:
Legal Adviser - KIADB, Head Office, 4th floor,Khanija Bhavan, Race Course Road
Bangalore - 560 001
Email ID :la@kiadb.in
Legal Officer - KIADB, Head Office, 5th Floor, Khanija Bhavan, Race Course Road
Bangalore - 560 001
Email ID :lawofficer@kiadb.in
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP):
Office of the head of the Legal Cell
Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike
N R Square
Bengaluru
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