Karnataka HC Extends Deadline for Lokayukta Probe Into MUDA Plot Case
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Karnataka HC Extends Deadline for Lokayukta Probe Into MUDA Plot Case

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru:While, hearing a petition seeking transfer of alleged plot allotment irregularities to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife by Mysore Urban Development Authority from Lokayukta to Central Bureau of Investigation, the High Court of Karnataka on Thursday extended the deadline given to Lokayukta, Mysuru wing to submit its final report on its investigation till January 28, 2025. The High Court posted the next hearing in the case to January 15 next year wherein the petition of social activist Snehamayi Krishna seeking transfer of investigation from Lokayukta, Mysuru wing to sleuths of Central Bureau of Investigation will be taken-up for hearing for final arguments. A social activist Snehamayi Krishna of Mysuru petitioned Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot over plot allotments to CM's wife alleging irregularities and sought prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah under Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 among others. The High Court upheld the Governor’s decision and asked the Lokayukta, Mysuru wing to investigate the plot allotments to the CM's wife by MUDA and submit a final report on December 24 this year.

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Karnataka High Court extends Lokayukta MUDA probe report deadline till Jan 28
3 weeks ago

Karnataka High Court extends Lokayukta MUDA probe report deadline till Jan 28

India Today  

The Karnataka High Court, on Thursday, extended the deadline for Lokayukta police to submit their investigation report into the MUDA scam to January 28. The high court’s order overruled the lower high court’s December 24 deadline for Lokayukta’s progress report of their investigation into the alleged corruption in the allocation of sites by MUDA. The high court’s extension of the …

Snehamayi Krishna alleges inducements to withdraw Muda case
3 weeks ago

Snehamayi Krishna alleges inducements to withdraw Muda case

New Indian Express  

MYSURU: RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Lokayukta police here alleging pressure and attempts to bribe him to withdraw a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in allotment of sites by Mysuru Urban Development Authority. Krishna told TNIE that Harsha, who allegedly identified himself as a close aide of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi, and another …

MUDA scam: Activist says aide of Siddaramaiah's wife threatened him to drop case
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3 weeks, 1 day ago

MUDA scam: Activist says aide of Siddaramaiah's wife threatened him to drop case

India Today  

Snehamayi Krishna, on whose complaint a case was filed against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the Mysore Urban Development Authority site allotment scam, alleged that he was threatened and offered financial inducement to settle the case. Krishna, who is one of the complainants in the MUDA land appropriation scam in which Siddaramaiah’s wife Parvathi was given 14 sites without due …

MUDA scam: Karnataka High Court to hear plea seeking CBI probe on December 19
4 weeks, 1 day ago

MUDA scam: Karnataka High Court to hear plea seeking CBI probe on December 19

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday scheduled the next hearing for the plea filed seeking a direction to transfer the investigation into the alleged Mysuru Urban Development Authority scam to the Central Bureau of Investigation. Earlier on Thursday, the Karnataka HC adjourned the hearing of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's plea challenging the court's order. The Court was hearing a plea that …

Ex-MUDA commissioner moves Karnataka HC over ED raid
1 month ago

Ex-MUDA commissioner moves Karnataka HC over ED raid

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Former Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority Dr D B Natesh moved the Karnataka High Court questioning the legality of the search and seizure conducted as a part of the raid on his house by the Enforcement Directorate concerning the alleged irregularities in allotment of sites by the MUDA. Hearing the petition filed by Natesh contending that he has …

MUDA case: Karnataka HC notices govt on CM Siddaramaiah's appeal
1 month ago

MUDA case: Karnataka HC notices govt on CM Siddaramaiah's appeal

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the state government and other respondents on an appeal filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah challenging the single judge bench's order upholding the Governor's decision granting approval for investigation against him in the MUDA site allotment case. The single judge bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna on September 24 dismissed the CM's …

MUDA case: Karnataka Congress ministers accuse ED of media leaks and attempting to influence Lokayukta probe
1 month ago

MUDA case: Karnataka Congress ministers accuse ED of media leaks and attempting to influence Lokayukta probe

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka ministers on Wednesday, criticized the Enforcement Directorate for allegedly leaking details about the MUDA site allotment case to the media. Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife Parvathi B M, his brother-in-law Mallikarjuna Swamy and others have been booked in the MUDA site allotment case registered by the Lokayukta police on the direction of a special court. What Karnataka Congress …

ED letter to Lokayukta on MUDA probe politically motivated: CM Siddaramaiah
1 month ago

ED letter to Lokayukta on MUDA probe politically motivated: CM Siddaramaiah

New Indian Express  

MYSURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday termed the Enforcement Directorate’s letter to the Karnataka Lokayukta on MUDA probe politically motivated. In its letter, the ED observed that it found evidence of irregularities in the allotment of MUDA sites to Siddaramaiah’s wife. Siddaramaiah told reporters here that the ED wrote to the Lokayukta a day before the HC will hear his …

Karnataka High Court to hear Siddaramaiah's appeal in MUDA case on January 25
1 month ago

Karnataka High Court to hear Siddaramaiah's appeal in MUDA case on January 25

India Today  

The Karnataka High Court has issued notice to the state government and other respondents on an appeal filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, challenging a single-judge bench’s decision upholding the Governor’s sanction to prosecute him in the Mysore Urban Development Authority site allotment case. This gubernatorial sanction was based on petitions filed by activists TJ Abraham, Pradeep Kumar, and Snehamayi Krishna, …

Karnataka Lokayukta slams ED over media disclosure in MUDA 'scam' probe
1 month ago

Karnataka Lokayukta slams ED over media disclosure in MUDA 'scam' probe

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate’s decision to share details of the Mysore Urban Development Authority site allotment scam with the media has drawn criticism from the Karnataka Lokayukta institution, which called the move “unprofessional and unethical”. A senior Lokayukta officer expressed strong reservations about the ED’s conduct, emphasising the need for confidentiality in ongoing investigations. The ED, in a communication sent to …

MUDA case: ED's communication to Lokayukata police is politically motivated, says Siddaramaiah
1 month ago

MUDA case: ED's communication to Lokayukata police is politically motivated, says Siddaramaiah

Deccan Chronicle  

Mandya : Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday termed the ED's recent communication to the state Lokayukta police in connection with the MUDA site allotment case, as "politically motivated" and sent with an intent to influence them and the court. The federal agency, in a recent communication sent to the Lokayukta police, claimed that its probe has also found that …

MUDA case: ED's communication to Lokayukata police is politically motivated, says Siddaramaiah
1 month ago

MUDA case: ED's communication to Lokayukata police is politically motivated, says Siddaramaiah

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Wednesday termed the ED's recent communication to the state Lokayukta police in connection with the MUDA site allotment case, as "politically motivated" and sent with an intent to influence them and the court. The federal agency, in a recent communication sent to the Lokayukta police, claimed that its probe has also found that MUDA had …

MUDA case: Karnataka HC adjourns hearing till Dec 10
1 month, 2 weeks ago

MUDA case: Karnataka HC adjourns hearing till Dec 10

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday adjourned till December 10 the hearing on the plea seeking transfer of the investigation into the MUDA site allotment scam to the CBI. In the MUDA case, it is alleged that compensatory sites were allotted to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah's wife in an upmarket area in Mysuru, which had higher property value as compared …

Congress needs to back CM Siddaramaiah's revelations with specifics
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Congress needs to back CM Siddaramaiah's revelations with specifics

New Indian Express  

There is never a dull moment in Karnataka politics. Although the BJP-JDS leaders’ often repeated remarks on the possibility of the government not completing its full tenure did give some credence to the general allegations, the timing and manner in which such specific charges were made raises several questions. The Enforcement Directorate and Lokayukta police are probing the Mysuru Urban …

'Siddaramaiah influenced MUDA plot allotment': RTI activist levels fresh allegations against Karnataka CM
1 month, 4 weeks ago

'Siddaramaiah influenced MUDA plot allotment': RTI activist levels fresh allegations against Karnataka CM

Hindustan Times  

Social activist Snehamayi Krishna on Tuesday made a serious allegation against Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, claiming that he influenced the allotment of a plot in the alleged MUDA scam, PTI reported Earlier, Siddaramaiah appeared before the Lokayukta Police in Mysuru. According to the report, Right to Information activist Krishna alleged that the wife of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah didn't pay the …

RTI activist says he has proof of Siddaramaiah's involvement in MUDA case
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

RTI activist says he has proof of Siddaramaiah's involvement in MUDA case

India Today  

More irregularities in Mysore Urban Development Authority site allotment came to notice when an RTI activist alleged that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had undue influence on the process. RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna, in a post on Facebook on November 10, wrote in Kannada that he had proof of Chief Minister’s sway on the allotment irregularities, even though Siddaramaiah said he …

Muda officer paid stamp duty for property of Siddaramaiah’s wife: Activist
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Muda officer paid stamp duty for property of Siddaramaiah’s wife: Activist

Hindustan Times  

The complainant in the Mysore urban development authority land allotment case, in which chief minister Siddaramaiah is the main accused, has levelled allegations of stamp duty irregularities in connection with a property owned by the Congress leader’s wife and co-accused in the case, Parvathi M. The Lokayukta police and the Enforcement Directorate are investigating alleged irregularities in a land allotment …

MUDA case: Activist accuses Lokayukta SP of dereliction of duty
2 months ago

MUDA case: Activist accuses Lokayukta SP of dereliction of duty

The Hindu  

Activist Snehamayi Krishna, the complainant in the MUDA land case which is being probed by the Lokayukta police, has accused the investigating officer of dereliction of duty. “But when the High Court of Karnataka listed our plea for transfer of case to the CBI, the Lokayukta issued a notice to the Chief Minister and questioned him in a hurry,” said …

Lokayukta police question Siddaramaiah for 2 hours in Muda case
2 months ago

Lokayukta police question Siddaramaiah for 2 hours in Muda case

Hindustan Times  

The Karnataka Lokayukta police questioned chief minister Siddaramaiah for two hours on Wednesday in connection with alleged irregularities in a land allotment case, compounding the problems for the embattled Congress leader. Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah leaves the office of Lokayukta after being questioned in the MUDA site allotment case in Mysuru on Wednesday. The case involves allegations of irregularities in …

Lokayukta Police Summon Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah for MUDA Case
2 months ago

Lokayukta Police Summon Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah for MUDA Case

New Indian Express  

Lokayukta police summon Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah for questioning in the MUDA case on Wednesday. The CM is facing allegations of illegalities in the allotment of 14 sites to his wife by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA). The police have questioned his wife, brother-in-law, and Devaraju, who also purchased a plot of land and gifted it to Parvathi.

ED raids MUDA site: Opposition demands fair probe, questions Lokayukta's powers
2 months, 3 weeks ago

ED raids MUDA site: Opposition demands fair probe, questions Lokayukta's powers

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday welcomed the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) raids in the MUDA site allotment case, alleging irregularities and financial irregularities. The Opposition BJP and JD(S) in Karnataka have asserted that it is necessary to uncover the case and bring out the truth. The ED conducted searches in a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities …

Lokayukta cops inspect land at Kesare
3 months, 1 week ago

Lokayukta cops inspect land at Kesare

New Indian Express  

MYSURU: With the Karnataka High Court directing the Lokayukta to complete the investigation into the Mysuru Urban Development Authority site allotment case within three months, the Lokayukta police conducted a mahazar of the 3 acre 16 guntas of land acquired by the Authority in Survey No. The survey department and MUDA officials surveyed the land, and the Lokayuka police prepared …

MUDA case: Karnataka High Court to deliver verdict on CM Siddaramaiah’s petition on September 24
3 months, 2 weeks ago

MUDA case: Karnataka High Court to deliver verdict on CM Siddaramaiah’s petition on September 24

The Hindu  

The Karnataka High Court will pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah challenging the approval given by the Governor of Karnataka for conducting investigation against him in the alleged illegalities in Mysuru Urban Development Authority in allotting 14 sites to his wife in prime location of Mysuru city. The High Court had completed the …

Karnataka Governor seeks report from government on works undertaken purportedly on CM’s oral instruction
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka Governor seeks report from government on works undertaken purportedly on CM’s oral instruction

The Hindu  

Karnataka Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot has sought a detailed report from the government in connection with Mysuru Urban Development Authority allegedly undertaking works worth ₹387 crore in violation of rules purportedly on oral instruction of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in his Varuna constituency, and Srirangapatna. Mr. Gehlot has written to Chief Secretary Shalini Rajneesh citing detailed representation submitted in this regard, and …

Lokayukta issues notices to 18 MUDA officials over alleged 2017 site allotment scam
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Lokayukta issues notices to 18 MUDA officials over alleged 2017 site allotment scam

New Indian Express  

MYSURU: At a time when the alleged scam in site allotment by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority is causing ripples in Karnataka politics with the Governor granting permission to prosecute Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, the Lokayukta has issued notices to 18 MUDA officials for allegedly allotting 350 sites to “influential” people in 2017. He further alleged that the sites were allotted …

‘Siddaramaiah was DyCM and CM when State government took decisions that resulted in allotment of 14 sites to wife’
4 months ago

‘Siddaramaiah was DyCM and CM when State government took decisions that resulted in allotment of 14 sites to wife’

The Hindu  

Siddaramaiah was the Deputy Chief Minister or the Chief Minister during a majority of the government’s decisions, which ultimately culminated in the allotment of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority to his wife, it was argued before the High Court of Karnataka on Monday. Mr. Raghavan argued that Section 7 of the PC act also deals with instances …

MUDA case: CM Siddaramaiah shares video showing covered portion of letter written by his wife
4 months, 1 week ago

MUDA case: CM Siddaramaiah shares video showing covered portion of letter written by his wife

Hindustan Times  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Monday shared a video on his social media handle in a bid to silence the BJP and the JD for raising doubts over a whitener used by his wife Parvathi in her application seeking an alternative site against the ‘illegal acquisition’ of her land by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority in Mysuru. {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} …

MUDA scam: How Karnataka CM explains allotment of 14 sites by MUDA to his wife
5 months, 1 week ago

MUDA scam: How Karnataka CM explains allotment of 14 sites by MUDA to his wife

The Hindu  

Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah reiterated that the Mysuru Urban Development Authority had legally allotted 14 residential sites to his wife, Parvathi, in lieu of illegally acquiring her land. The authority had accepted its ‘mistake’, and a MUDA committee comprising members of BJP, JD and Congress had allotted alternative sites in 2021 during the tenure of the BJP government. The Chief …

Karnataka: Lokayukta raids over 50 locations in disproportionate asset cases
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka: Lokayukta raids over 50 locations in disproportionate asset cases

India TV News  

The Lokayukta raided residence of 12 state officials in disproportionate asset cases. The premises of officials posted in Invest Karnataka Forum, Yadgir Zilla Panchayat, Veterinary Department, Hebbagodi in Bengaluru, Mangaluru, Labour Department, Commercial Taxes Department, Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board, Horticulture Department, Legal Metrology and Bhadravati Gram Panchayat were among those raided, the officer said. Supreme Court's setback to Shivakumar …

BJP Plans Protest in Mysuru Over MUDA Plot Scam
5 months, 4 weeks ago

BJP Plans Protest in Mysuru Over MUDA Plot Scam

Deccan Chronicle  

Bengaluru: The leaders of Bharatiya Janata Party to stage massive protest in Mysuru city on Friday against the alleged irregularities in distribution of plots by Mysore Urban Development Authority especially over plot allotment to Chief Minister’s wife in lieu for her sacrificing her lands. An investigation by sleuths of Central Bureau of Investigation since allegations have been made against the …

Vishwanath clarifies on allotment of alternative MUDA site
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Vishwanath clarifies on allotment of alternative MUDA site

The Hindu  

Former Minister and MLC A.H. Vishwanath on Tuesday said he had sought an alternative Mysuru Urban Development Authority residential site as the allotted site was unfit to build a house. Reacting to charges levelled against him by MUDA chairman Mari Gowda and Congress MLA Harish Gowda that he too was a “beneficiary” in MUDA, Mr. Vishwanath said his wife had …

Basavaraj Bommai seeks CBI investigation into MUDA sites allocation scam in Karnataka
6 months ago

Basavaraj Bommai seeks CBI investigation into MUDA sites allocation scam in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Former Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai has demanded that the MUDA sites allocation scam be investigated by the CBI or under the supervision of a judge. Basavaraj Bommai seeks CBI investigation into MUDA sites allocation scam {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} Speaking to the media in Gadag on Sunday, he said, "If there were no irregularities in the MUDA case as …

Amid MUDA ‘scam’, Karnataka govt transfers Mysuru Deputy Commissioner
6 months ago

Amid MUDA ‘scam’, Karnataka govt transfers Mysuru Deputy Commissioner

Hindustan Times  

Amid a controversy over alleged land scam in Mysuru Urban Development Authority, the Karnataka government on Friday transferred Mysuru Deputy Commissioner K V Rajendra. Senior BJP leader R Ashoka had earlier alleged that Rajendra had written several letters to MUDA stating that the allotment of alternative sites to land losers, in lieu of land acquired from them to form residential …

Amid MUDA ‘scam’, Karnataka govt transfers Mysuru Deputy Commissioner
6 months ago

Amid MUDA ‘scam’, Karnataka govt transfers Mysuru Deputy Commissioner

Hindustan Times  

Amid a controversy over alleged land scam in Mysuru Urban Development Authority, the Karnataka government on Friday transferred Mysuru Deputy Commissioner K V Rajendra. Senior BJP leader R Ashoka had earlier alleged that Rajendra had written several letters to MUDA stating that the allotment of alternative sites to land losers, in lieu of land acquired from them to form residential …

Karnataka CM defends MUDA site allocation to wife amid controversy
6 months ago

Karnataka CM defends MUDA site allocation to wife amid controversy

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday maintained that there was nothing wrong with the Mysuru Urban Development Authority allotting sites to his wife. MUDA had developed sites in our three-acre-sixteen-gunta land near the ring road in Kesare. “Knowingly or unknowingly, MUDA developed sites in our three-acre and 16-gunta land and distributed them. MUDA agreed to give Siddaramaiah’s wife 50% of …

No powers with Lokayukta to insist on taking over probes: Karnataka HC
9 months, 1 week ago

No powers with Lokayukta to insist on taking over probes: Karnataka HC

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The Karnataka High Court has said that the Karnataka Lokayukta has the power to recommend to the state government to conduct a departmental enquiry against a delinquent official under Section 12 of the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, but it does not have powers to recommend that the inquiry should be entrusted only to it. The government, under Rule 14-A of …

Keeping Investigations Against Public Servants Pending Affect Their Rights: Karnataka High Court Asks Lokayukta To "Set Its House In Order"
1 year, 4 months ago

Keeping Investigations Against Public Servants Pending Affect Their Rights: Karnataka High Court Asks Lokayukta To "Set Its House In Order"

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court has asked the Karnataka Lokayukta to "set its house in order" by directing completion of investigation registered against public servants under the Prevention of Corruption Act, within a time frame. A single bench of Justice M Nagaprasanna sitting at Dharwad said, “This Court has come across several cases where investigation has gone on for ages and …

Land Grabbing Case : Karnataka HC Directs Govt To Produce Steps Taken For Implementing Lokayukta Order Against H D Kumaraswamy
5 years ago

Land Grabbing Case : Karnataka HC Directs Govt To Produce Steps Taken For Implementing Lokayukta Order Against H D Kumaraswamy

Live Law  

The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday directed the state government to place on record by January 14, steps taken for implementation of a 2014 order passed by the Lokayukta, in relation to land grabbing case involving former Karnataka Chief Minister, H D Kumaraswamy and others. A division bench of Chief Justice Abhay Oka and Justice Hemant Chandangoudar gave the direction …

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