India, March 24 -- By R. Raja Chandra

So the hidden genie is out of the bottle! It is equally surprising that one State enactment tries to subsume another State enactment contrary to the premise under which the President of India assented in 1996!

This refers to the report "Karnataka notifies Bangalore Palace Act, making it official - State secures full control over 472.16 acre Bangalore Palace Grounds for infrastructure projects" in Star of Mysore dated Mar. 14, 2025.

This is diametrically opposite to the Bangalore Palace (Acquisition & Transfer) Act, 1996 (BPAT Act) which was ostensibly intended to preserve the Palace as a monument with the surrounding open space developed into an exclusive Botanical Museum or Horticultural Garden an...