Synopsis: The court asked government advocate Niloufer Akbar to verify if there is any proposal to cut trees. The government advocate replied that she would make a submission on Tuesday. She also requested that the matter be posted for this limited issue on 28 October.

The High Court of Karnataka on Saturday, 25 October, heard PILs on the possibility of trees being felled inside Lalbagh for the contentious twin-tunnel road project.

A division bench of Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice CM Poonacha, hearing two public interest litigations, was told by the counsel for the petitioners that “trees in Bengaluru are under threat.” The PILs were filed by Dr Adikesavalu Ravindra and Prakash Belawadi.

Advocate Tejasvi Surya (MP) appeared for Prakash Belawadi. He argued that close to 6.5 acr

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