Bengaluru, July 27 -- The Karnataka Government has informed the High Court that it will soon pass a resolution allocating the land presently occupied by the Bangalore Turf Club for the construction of a new High Court building.

The submission was made before a Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice K.S. Hemalekha by Advocate General Shashi Kiran Shetty.

The Court was hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Sharan Desai, seeking a direction to the State to allot at least 30 acres of land in Bengaluru for a modern High Court complex.

During an earlier hearing, the Bench had orally observed that any new High Court complex should be planned to meet the Judiciary's requirements for at least the next 30 ...