Chief Secretary told to be present in court

 The Karnataka High Court took a dim view of a delay of four years by the State Government in filing an appeal and asked the Chief Secretary and Principal Secretary, Transport, to be present in court. A Bench headed by Justice K.L. Manjunath, hearing an appeal by the State Government relating to the Department of Transport, expressed amazement when told that there is a delay of over 1,400 days in filing an appeal against a single judge order. The Bench observed that there should not have been any delay if the State Government was serious about filing an appeal. It asked the government advocate to keep the Chief Secretary and the Principal Secretary of Transport present so that it could inform them about the failure of the officials in discharging their duties sincerely and in allowing filing of appeals to be delayed. The Bench adjourned the case by two weeks.