Mysuru: The Karnataka High Court (HC) yesterday resumed the hearing of a petition filed by Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, a member of the Mysore royal family, challenging the legality of the Sri Chamundeshwari Temple Development Authority, established under the Shree Chamundeshwari Kshetra Development Authority Act, 2024. A Single-Judge Bench led by Justice Hemant Chandangoudar is hearing…
MUDA case: HC likely to hear CBI probe plea on Oct. 21
October 15, 2024Mysuru: A petition has been filed in the High Court seeking a CBI investigation into the alleged MUDA scam involving Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and his family. Sources informed Star of Mysore that advocate Vasant Kumar, representing activist Snehamayi Krishna, submitted the petition in the last week of September 2024, and the case is expected to…
Complainant approaches HC seeking CBI probe
September 28, 2024Snehamayi Krishna tells Court that CM can easily derail investigation with his influence over Lokayukta, Police Mysuru: Mysuru-based RTI activist Snehamayi Krishna, one of the petitioners in MUDA land scam case against CM Siddaramaiah, submitted a petition to High Court yesterday, requesting a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the allegations against the senior…
THE JUDGEMENT
September 26, 2024“I repeat… that all power is a trust — that we are accountable for its exercise — that, from the people, and for the people, all springs, and all must exist.” — Benjamin Disraeli quoted by Justice M. Nagaprasanna in the closing part of his judgement. Mahatma Gandhi, Vinoba Bhave and Jayaprakash Narayan have said…
Court only ordered probe; I am not guilty: Siddaramaiah
September 25, 2024Bengaluru: Slamming the Opposition parties for demanding his resignation, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah firmly stated that he is not guilty, pointing out that the High Court has merely ordered a probe into the controversial MUDA case. “Kumaraswamy is on bail. Did anyone ask for his resignation? The Court has only directed an inquiry in the MUDA…
March 2010 fake currency case: HC upholds conviction of Mysuru man; to serve 5-year jail term
September 19, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court has upheld the conviction of T.N. Kumara, a resident of Mysuru, found guilty of possessing counterfeit currency notes 14 years after the crime. Justice Ramachandra D. Huddar confirmed the 2013 conviction by the Mysuru Principal District and Sessions Court under Sections 489B and 489C of the Indian Penal Code. The…
HSRP deadline extended till Nov. 20
September 19, 2024Bengaluru: The High Court yesterday extended the deadline for HSRP installation to Nov. 20, 2024. The State Government had earlier set multiple deadlines for installing HSRPs to all vehicles registered before Apr. 1, 2019. The latest deadline was Sept. 15. However, no penalties were enforced over the past few days due to the ongoing Court…
MUDA site scam: HC reserves order on Guv’s nod for prosecuting CM
September 13, 2024Bengaluru: The High Court has reserved its order, following the conclusion of arguments over Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot according sanction for the prosecution of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah in Mysuru Urban Development Authority’s (MUDA) 50:50 site scam. The Single-Judge Bench headed by Justice M. Nagaprasanna, which heard the arguments of counsels representing the CM in the case…
Governor seeks details of MUDA’s Rs. 387 cr. works in Varuna, Srirangapatna
September 12, 2024Projects based on CM’s oral instructions making MUDA bankrupt, says petitioner to Governor Mysuru: A new controversy is brewing even as the Karnataka High Court is hearing a petition concerning Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s sanction for prosecuting Chief Minister Siddaramaiah over the allocation of 14 sites by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) to Siddaramaiah’s wife,…
CM’s petition questioning Governor’s prosecution sanction: Advocate A.M. Singhvi presents second round of submissions
September 12, 2024Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court this noon resumed hearing the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah challenging Governor Thaawarchand Gehlot’s sanction for his prosecution in the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) site scam. At the start of the hearing, Senior Supreme Court counsel Abhishek Manu Singhvi, representing CM Siddaramaiah, presented arguments against the Governor’s decision…















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