The Karnataka government’s move to relocate the High Court from its current home in Cubbon Park to a new campus serves the dual purpose of catering to the judiciary’s needs and preserving the city’s ecological interests. For decades, Cubbon Park – one of Bengaluru’s few remaining green lung spaces – has been suffocated by the ever-expanding demands of the justice system operating within its bounds. Established in 1870 by the Acting Commissioner of Mysore, Sir John Meade, and landscaped by Major General Richard Sankey, then Chief Engineer of Mysore State, the park was named in honour of Sir Mark Cubbon, the longest-serving British Commissioner of the state. Now renamed Sri Chamarajendra Park, it has shrunk from the original 300 acres to less than 200 acres, with several public buildings and

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