‘Cabinet decision on Bangalore Turf Club land for High Court this month’

A file photo of Bangalore Turf Club | Photo Credit: K. MURALI KUMAR

Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar announced that the State Cabinet will decide later this month on allocating land for the new building of the High Court of Karnataka “on the Race Course premises”. He was speaking at the foundation stone laying ceremony of the NLSIU South Campus at Nagarbhavi in Bengaluru on Saturday. 

“I have been receiving requests from the Chief Justice of the High Court of Karnataka for alternate building. It is the only High Court in India that is facing the legislature house. So we are planning for a new building. We will speed up the process of allocation of land. It will be build on 12-15 acres of land,” he said, adding he wished Justice Surya Kant will also lay the foundation stone for the new building by the end of his tenure.

Filing an affidavit in response to a Public Interest Litigation (PIL), the Karnataka Government had in July, 2026, informed the High Court that it will soon pass a resolution allocating the BTC land for construction of a new high court building. Earlier in the year, in February, 2026, the cabinet had approved the relocation plan of BTC races to Kunigal Stud Farm in Tumakuru.  BTC has also agreed to shift its operations, racing out of the city, sources said. 

NLSIU South campus 

The Chief Minister laid the foundation stone for the new NLSIU South Campus which will be built on 7 acres of land allotted by the Karnataka Government. This will include 2000 student rooms and 90 units of faculty and staff residences. NLSIU also plans to build a new auditorium, student centre and research facilities on the existing campus site.