Bengaluru, Sep 22: The High Court on Monday refused to reconsider the stay granted on the proceedings against former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa in three FIRs registered by the Lokayukta police in connection with denotification of land.
The Karnataka Lokayukta had filed a memo stating that granting stay with regard to three cases of denotification registered against Yeddyurappa was contrary to the directions of the Apex Court. The memo stated that Section 19(3) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, prohibited any court from granting interim orders. The Apex Court as well as the Karnataka High Court have held that no stay can be granted in the petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution or under Section 482 of Code of Criminal conduct with reference to matters arising out of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Yeddyurappa has approached the court seeking quashing of FIRs filed by the Lokayukta police against him in denotification complaints which have been filed based on the CAG (Comptroller and Auditor General) report.
Stay extended
The High Court has extended for another two weeks the stay on the investigations being carried out by the Lokayukta’s Special Investigating Team with regard to an FIR registered against H D Kumaraswamy in connection with granting of mining lease to Sri Sai Venkateshwara Minerals illegally when he was the chief minister in 2007. Justice Rathnakala granted stay for two weeks, extending the four-week stay granted earlier.
The petitioner Kumaraswamy, has contended that an FIR had already been lodged against him in 2011 by T J Abraham with regard to issuance of mining leases and a second FIR had been filed in 2014 by the SIT.
The petitioner has contended that two parallel complaints and investigations cannot be carried out simultaneously. Kumaraswamy has been booked for offences under Sections 13(1)(d) and (e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
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