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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 …

Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday announced that the Congress state unit would organise a 'Raj Bhavan Chalo' march to seek prosecution of Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy in an alleged mining lease case. Shivkumar said, "There are pending appeals before the Governor seeking permission to prosecute Union Minister HD Kumaraswamy, former minister Murugesh Nirani, Janardhan Reddy and Shashikala …

BENGALURU: Congress state president and Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar announced here on Tuesday that Congress will organise a Rajbhavan Chalo on August 31 to urge Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot to sanction prosecution against BJP and JDS leaders who are facing criminal charges. He said appeals are pending before the governor, seeking permission to prosecute Union Minister for Steel HD Kumaraswamy, …

Karnataka: ED writes to Governor, Lokayukta seeking registration of FIR in 'cash-for-jobs' scam

The Enforcement Directorate on Sunday said it has written to the Karnataka Governor and the Lokayukta seeking registration of an FIR and independent probe into "systematic rigging" of a 2023 recruitment process in the Kolar-Chikkaballapur District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Limited led by a Congress MLA under investigation in a money laundering case. The agency, as per official records, has …

Bengaluru Bengaluru Division Regional Commissioner Amlan Aditya Bisawas, who is probing a ₹118-crore fake bill scam in R.R. Nagar zone, has issued notices to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike and Karnataka Rural Infrastructure Development Limited seeking multiple details. The Urban Development Department had suspended eight officials from the two agencies for their alleged involvement in the scam on the recommendations …

Supreme Court Dismisses PIL Seeking To Bring UP CM Under Purview Of UP Lokayukta Act

Supreme Court of India on Monday refused to entertain a petition seeking to bring the office of Chief Minister in the purview of Lokayukta Act of the State of Uttar Pradesh. When the counsel for petitioner, Advocate Shiv Kumar Tripathi submitted that the state legislature was to be directed, CJI stated – "Mandamus cannot be issued to legislature to enact …

In the wake of Karnataka State Contractors’ Association’s allegations about 40% commission in government contracts, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai asked them to file a complaint with the Lokayukta to probe the matter. The opposition Congress has been seeking a probe by a sitting judge of the Supreme Court into allegations by Karnataka State Contractors’ Association of demand of up to …

Delhi HC dismisses plea seeking to bring govt official under Lokayukta ambit

In a setback to Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, a special court for public representatives on Saturday dismissed the ‘B-Report’ by the Lokayukta police seeking the closure of investigation against him in a 15-year-old case relating to denotification of prime land in Bengaluru. The court also directed the Lokayukta police to expedite the investigation and furnish the final or additional …

SC Issues Notice In Nagaland Govts' Plea Seeking Removal Of Lokayukta For Acts of 'Impropriety'

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in a plea seeking removal of the Nagaland Lokayukta for acts of impropriety.A bench of Chief Justice SA Bobde, Justices AS Bopanna & V. Ramasubramaniun issued notice in the plea after Advocate General for the State KN Balgopal argued for the State Government.The plea states that the Lokayukta had insisted on functioning online …

The Gujarat High Court has refused to entertain a petition seeking direction to the State to make appointment to the post of Gujarat Lokayukta which has been lying vacant since December 11, 2018. A bench of Acting Chief Justice Anant S Dave and Justice Biren Vaishnav dismissed the petition moved by Candravadan Rangildas Dhruv who informed the court that even …