Dear Moderator pls circulate. ALLOW SEVEN-DAY BOOK FEST AT PALACE GROUNDS: HC The Karnataka High Court on Monday directed the State government to permit the Bangalore Booksellers and Publishers' Association to hold the Bangalore Book Festival for a period of seven days from May 4 at the Bangalore Palace Grounds. Justice A.S. Bopanna passed the order while disposing of a petition filed by the association questioning the decision of the government that permission beyond three days could not be granted for the festival. The court said that the new guidelines - based on which the permission was initially denied for the festival by a single window agency (SWA) while terming the activity as commercial in nature - could not cannot become final unless they are approved by the Supreme Court, where legality of acquisition of the Bangalore Palace and adjoining properties are pending for adjudication. Not precedent Making it clear that this order cannot be a precedent for hosting other events at the Palace Grounds, the court also noticed that the Chief Minister had granted three days for conduct of the book festival after the SWA denied permission. The court also termed the festival as an event connected with the literary world by giving liberty to the government for imposing necessary conditions for controlling traffic and other issues. The association had alleged that the Government was discriminating in grant of permission to hold commercial events at Palace Grounds while pointing out that a few others were given permission from five days to one year to hold such events. REFERECE LINK: http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/bangalore/allow-sevenday-book-fest-at-pa... Best Regards, Raghvendra R The information contained in this electronic message and in any attachments to this message is confidential, legally privileged and intended only for use by the person or entity to which this electronic message is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please notify the sender and system manager by return email and delete the message and its attachments and also you are hereby notified that any distribution, copying, review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of this electronic transmission or the information contained in it is strictly prohibited. Please note that any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and may not represent those of the Company or bind the Company. Any commitments made over e-mail are not financially binding on the company unless accompanied or followed by a valid purchase order. This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by Mail Scanner, and is believed to be clean. The Company accepts no liability for any damage caused by any virus transmitted by this email. www.jubl.com -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.