Centre’s order had debarred Justice P.N. Desai from Government appointments for 3 years Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has issued an interim stay on a November 2024 order by the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions that barred Justice Padmaraj Nemachandra Desai, who had retired from the Court, from taking up Government appointments for…
ED proceedings against former MUDA Commissioner ‘illegal’
January 30, 2025Search at Dr. D.B. Natesh’s premises arbitrary, amounted to abuse of legal process: High Court Bengaluru: In a ruling that could impact the money laundering probe into the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment scandal involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife B.M. Parvathi, Karnataka High Court (HC) on Monday held that the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED)…
CBI probe into MUDA case: High Court reserves verdict after hearing arguments
January 28, 2025Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday reserved its verdict on a petition seeking to transfer the investigation into the alleged illegal allotment of 14 sites to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi, from the Mysuru Lokayukta Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Justice M. Nagaprasanna, who heard marathon arguments on the petition filed…
Lokayukta Police visit MUDA as High Court deadline nears
January 22, 2025Mysuru: With the Karnataka High Court directing the Lokayukta to submit its investigation report on the MUDA alternative sites allotment scam by Jan. 25, a team of Mysuru Lokayukta Police, led by SP T.J. Udesh, visited the MUDA office early this morning to scrutinise records, documents and files as part of the ongoing probe. The…
Lokayukta probe into CM’s MUDA sites case: HC orders Lokayukta to submit report by Jan. 27
January 15, 2025Investigation to be overseen by Inspector General of Police, Lokayukta: High Court Mysuru/Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court’s Dharwad Bench, headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna, has directed the Mysuru Lokayukta Police to submit its investigation report against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site allotment case by Jan. 27. The Court has…
Male Mahadeshwara Hill Museum opening stayed
January 1, 2025Reason: ‘Sevakartas’ of sacred oil anointing ritual ignored without any representation Mysuru: A stay order has been issued by the Karnataka High Court for the inauguration of the Museum under construction at Male Mahadeshwara Hill in Chamarajanagar District, citing the exclusion of the historical contributions of Mahadeshwara Swamy’s oil anointing ‘sevakartas’. The order follows a…
Stop boiled eggs in Mid-day Meal: PIL in High Court
December 26, 2024Mysuru: Even as the debate continues over distribution of boiled eggs to school children under Mid-day Meal scheme, a city Advocate has filed a petition in the Karnataka High Court seeking an immediate stop to the distribution of boiled eggs to school children under the Government’s ambitious Mid-day Meal scheme. Advocate V. Ravikumar is the…
Lokayukta’s MUDA scam investigation: High Court extends deadline for report submission till Jan. 28
December 20, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court yesterday extended the deadline for the Mysuru Lokayukta Police to submit their investigation report into the MUDA site allotment scam to Jan. 28, 2025. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his wife B.M. Parvathi, her brother B.M. Mallikarjunswamy, and J. Devaraju are accused in the case. The Minister allegedly leveraged his influence to…
HC Divisional Bench defers CM’s plea to Jan. 25
December 6, 2024Bengaluru: The Division Bench of Karnataka High Court on Thursday issued notices to the respondents in an appeal filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, challenging the permission granted by the Governor for a probe in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) case. However, the Court has adjourned the hearing to Jan. 25, 2025. The two-Judge Divisional…
Transfer of MUDA 50:50 sites scam probe to CBI: High Court adjourns hearing till Dec. 10
November 26, 2024Lokayukta Police fail to submit investigation status report Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court this morning adjourned to Dec. 10 the hearing on a plea seeking the transfer of the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) 50:50 sites allotment scam investigation from the Mysuru Lokayukta Police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The case involves Chief…













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