Supreme Court declines CBI plea against Karnataka HC stay in DK Shivakumar case
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) plea challenging the Karnataka High Court's decision to stay an investigation against Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar in a disproportionate assets case.
The Court, however, urged the High Court to consider the CBI's application for vacating the stay and the pending appeal expeditiously, preferably within two weeks.
A division bench of Justice Bela M Trivedi and Justice Satish Chandra Sharma passed the order, noting that the high court's stay was interim in nature. The CBI had filed the special leave petition against the high court's June 2023 order, which temporarily stayed the sanction granted by the state government for investigating corruption allegations against the Congress leader related to disproportionate assets.
The case stems from a Rs 74 crore disproportionate assets case initiated by the CBI in September 2019 based on a sanction from the BS Yediyurappa-led government. The allegations arose from a 2017 Income Tax raid on Shivakumar's offices and a subsequent Enforcement Directorate probe.
The CBI filed a case under the Prevention of Corruption Act in October 2020. Shivakumar challenged the sanction and proceedings in the Karnataka High Court, which granted temporary relief by staying the CBI probe on multiple occasions.
In April, Justice K Natarajan of the Karnataka High Court dismissed Shivakumar's plea, leading to an appeal before a division bench. The Supreme Court had earlier refused to entertain the CBI's plea against the high court's interim orders. The ongoing legal battle involves Shivakumar challenging the sanction and proceedings against him, and the CBI seeking to proceed with its investigation.
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Shivamogga tense after boy murdered outside school
Shivamogga (PTI): A 16-year-old boy was murdered outside a government school in Sulaebailu here, sparking tension in the area, police said on Tuesday.
Following the incident, a large police force was deployed in the city.
The incident occurred after Sanketh (16), an SSLC student of the Government High School at Uragadooru, attended a special class ahead of examinations.
Superintendent of Police Nikhil B told reporters that Sanketh intervened in an argument involving a group of boys outside his school.
“Some friends who were known to him — they had earlier studied in the same school — were involved. They are also minors. They hit him with their hands. Immediately after being struck, he collapsed. After he fell, by the time he was taken to the hospital, we came to know that he had died,”
"... he was struck near the chest. Due to that blow, he collapsed on the spot,” the SP said.
Two minors have been taken into custody in this connection.
“We are also gathering information about others involved in the incident. Whoever is found to be involved, we will initiate legal action against them as well,” the official added.
On the possible motive, the SP said the exact cause is yet to be ascertained.
“We do not have complete information about that. Once we conduct a detailed inquiry, we will know. Some people are saying it may have been over a trivial matter. However, we cannot confirm that at this stage,” he said.
The incident took on a communal undertone, prompting authorities to deploy heavy police reinforcements across the city to maintain order and prevent escalation.
BJP MLA from Shivamogga, S N Channabasappa, also visited the hospital.
