India, Sept. 1 -- The Karnataka High Court on Monday declined to entertain a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) demanding the construction of a metro station at Chikkajala on the under-construction Blue Line of the Bengaluru Metro.

The court observed that decisions regarding the location of stations rest solely with state authorities and not the judiciary.

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A bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice C M Joshi pointed out that the location and number of stations on a metro line fall outside the scope of judicial review under Article 226 of the Constitution, Indian Express reported.

"The manner in which a metro s...