Mangaluru, April 03, 2020: A Supreme Court bench comprising Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Deepak Gupta is likely to take up for hearing today, a special leave petition filed by Dakshina Kannada District Youth Congress President Mithun Rai challenging the Kerala High Court orders to open the National Highway connecting Dakshina Kannada and Kasargod. The petition is likely to be taken up along with a similar appeal filed by Karnataka Government.
Mithun Rai has filed his appeal through advocate Sanjay M Nuli. His appeal has pointed out that the large number of patients from Kasargod coming to Mangaluru for treatment has placed a big burden on healthcare facility of the region, particularly at a time when the region is fighting the Covid-19 pandemic.