Mysuru, Aug. 8 -- Supreme Court directs MCC to protect and restore Devaraja Market, Lansdowne Building

Putting an end to the long-drawn litigation over the historic Devaraja Market and Lansdowne Building in Mysuru, the Supreme Court has ordered the protection of the two heritage structures.

At the final hearing of the Special Leave Petition (SLP) on Aug. 6, the Bench of Justice J.B. Pardiwala and Justice K. Vinod Chandran made it clear that the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) should consider the reports of IIT Roorkee and the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) on the conservation of the 19th-century heritage landmarks.

The SLP was filed by heritage advocate and author G. Sathyanarayana (popularly known as Gouri ...