Overview
- A division bench directed the Karnataka government to re-look the Bengaluru–Mysuru Infrastructure Corridor and consider discarding the old framework in favor of fresh planning.
- The court noted that in more than 25 years only about one kilometre of the ~110–111 km expressway was built, with none of the five planned satellite townships delivered.
- Judges recorded that project proponents built around 47 km of peripheral roads, collect tolls, and hold a large land bank while the core expressway remains unconstructed.
- The bench highlighted extensive litigation with over 2,000 related cases and dismissed a 2010 landowner’s plea for additional site compensation after monetary compensation was accepted.
- Referencing a 2021 Supreme Court ruling that upheld the project’s planning, the court said implementation has failed and cited Bengaluru’s severe congestion and growth as reasons to start anew.