- 1 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36517-DB WP No. 19234 of 2024 IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 15TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 2025 PRESENT THE HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI WRIT PETITION NO. 19234 OF 2024 (LB-RES) BETWEEN: HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA BENGALURU, REP BY THE REGISTRAR GENERAL …PETITIONER AND: 1. STATE OF KARNATAKA VIDHANA SOUDHA, BENGALURU- 560 001. REP BY CHIEF SECRETARY 2. BRUHAT BENGALURU MAHANAGARA PALIKE CORPORATION CIRCLE, N R SQUARE, BENGALURU REP. BY ITS COMMISSIONER. 3. THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE CITY OF BENGALURU, OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF POLICE, BANGALORE. …RESPONDENTS (BY SMT. PRATHIMA HONNAPURA, ADDL. ADVOCATE GENERAL A/W SMT. NILOUFER AKBAR, AGA FOR R-1 AND R-3; SRI.B.L. SANJEEV, ADVOCATE FOR R-2) *** Digitally signed by AMBIKA H B Location: High Court of Karnataka - 2 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36517-DB WP No. 19234 of 2024 THIS SUO-MOTU WRIT PETITION IS FILED UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA PRAYING TO ISSUE A WRIT OF MANDAMUS OR ANY OTHER APPROPRIATE WRIT, ORDER/s OR DIRECTION/s TO THE RESPONDENTS TO IMPLEMENT THE PROVISIONS OF THE KARNATAKA OPEN PLACES (PREVENTION OF DISFIGUREMENT) ACT, 1981 IN ITS TRUE SPIRIT AND INTENT, ETC. THIS WRIT PETITION, COMING ON FOR PRELIMINARY HEARING, THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER: CORAM: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE and HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C M JOSHI ORAL ORDER (PER: HON'BLE MR. VIBHU BAKHRU, CHIEF JUSTICE) 1. The present petition is registered as a suo-motu Public Interest writ petition. The present petition was tagged along with Writ Petition No.57990/2017(LB-BMP), where similar prayers were made. The said writ petition has been disposed of in view of the framing of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (Advertisement) Bye-laws, 2024, which have since been notified. 2. Bye-law No.15 of the said Bye-laws thus provide for regulations for taking action for ensuring that no un-authorized hoardings are erected. - 3 - HC-KAR NC: 2025:KHC:36517-DB WP No. 19234 of 2024 3. Learned counsel for the BBMP submits that the said Bye- laws would be duly implemented. 4. In view of the above, no further order is required to be passed in the present petition. The same is disposed of. Sd/- (VIBHU BAKHRU) CHIEF JUSTICE Sd/- (C M JOSHI) JUDGE BMV* List No.: 1 Sl No.: 0