NEW DELHI: Karnataka high court on Wednesday rejected CBI plea to allow probe against Karnataka deputy chief minister DK Shivakumar in illegal assets case.
The Karnataka high court has rejected petitions submitted by the CBI and BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal. The petitions were filed to challenge the decision made by the Karnataka government to revoke its consent for a CBI investigation into allegations of corruption against Shivakumar, a prominent Congress leader.
Justices K Somashekhar and Umesh Adiga, who presided over the bench, said that the matter at hand constitutes a dispute between the Central and state governments, as it involves a central agency.Consequently, they concluded that the appropriate forum for hearing this case would be the Supreme Court.
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The Karnataka high court has rejected petitions submitted by the CBI and BJP MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal. The petitions were filed to challenge the decision made by the Karnataka government to revoke its consent for a CBI investigation into allegations of corruption against Shivakumar, a prominent Congress leader.
Justices K Somashekhar and Umesh Adiga, who presided over the bench, said that the matter at hand constitutes a dispute between the Central and state governments, as it involves a central agency.Consequently, they concluded that the appropriate forum for hearing this case would be the Supreme Court.
This is a developing story
