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Karnataka High Court Stays Investigation Against Bidadi Farmers Who Protested with Brooms Opposing Survey

The interim order follows farmers’ claims that the 7,400-acre township survey was illegal because land acquisition cannot proceed without consent.

Summary by The Hindu
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday stayed all further investigation into a criminal case registered against six farmers on the allegation of attempt to murder for protesting with brooms and preventing officials of a government survey team from entering their agricultural lands for the contentious Greater Bengaluru Integrated Township Project in Bidadi.

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The Karnataka High Court has issued an interim stay on the FIR and investigation against six farmers who had staged a protest against the joint survey for the Bidadi Township project. The High Court, which has expressed surprise that the complaint was filed by a hired car driver, has come as a great relief to the farmers.

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Indian Express broke the news in Noida, India on Monday, August 24, 2026.
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