Karnataka HC issues notice to Centre, states in plea to open up border check post between Karnataka and Kerala

The Karnataka High Court recently issued notice in a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) moved by the residents of villages in Kerala and Karnataka, seeking directions to open the Saradka border check-post in Dakshina Kannada district to allow free movement of people between the border villages.

Notice was issued to the Centre and the governments of Karnataka and Kerala by a Division Bench of Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice M Nagaprasanna.