M/S Popular Advertisers v. State of Karnataka
Case brief
What is this about?
BBMP advertisement hoardings Bengaluru; outdoor advertising agencies; quash BBMP Council resolution dated 06.08.2018 Subject No.62/2018-19; hoarding removal orders and notices August-November 2018; mandamus not to remove hoardings; deemed permission Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act 1976 Section 443(10); Advertisement Bye-Laws 2006; Section 66 Karnataka Municipal Corporation Act order dated 25.08.2018; BBMP (Advertisement) Bye-Laws 2024; BBMP Act 2020 Sections 318, 157, 319; Karnataka Open Spaces (Prevention of Disfigurement) Act 1981; Articles 226 and 227 Constitution; writ petitions infructuous and academic; contentions kept open; interlocutory applications rejected; BESCOM; BMTC; advertisement tax Rs.260 per sq. mtr (prayer only); W.P.No.57990/2017 Division Bench reference.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief. W.P.Nos.36773/2018 and 41315/2018 dismissed as infructuous on the petitioners' memo; W.P.No.42632/2018 dismissed as infructuous in view of the fresh ByeLaws, 2024; the remaining 21 petitions disposed of as academic, grievances standing redressed by the BBMP (Advertisement) Bye-Laws, 2024; all contentions including those touching the 2024 Bye-Laws kept open; pending interlocutory applications rejected.