Bengaluru (PTI): In a relief to former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka High Court today quashed 15 FIRs filed against the senior BJP leader for alleged illegal denotification of lands based on a CAG report.
“All the FIRs against Yeddyurappa stand quashed,” Justice Rathnakala said in her order. The order comes as yet another breather for Yeddyurappa, close on the heels of the High Court recently quashing former Governor H R Bhardwaj’s sanction for prosecuting him when he was Chief Minister and also the Lokayukta court striking down four FIRs against him for alleged illegal land denotification.
The FIRs were registered following a complaint filed by one Jayakumar Hiremath based on CAG report in 2012 – on denotification of land by government and allotment of sites by Bangalore Development Authority.
The complaint was filed with the Lokayukta by Hiremath in 2014. During the hearing, Yeddyurappa’s counsel C V Nagesh had submitted that the Lokayukta police, who are investigating the illegal land notification cases against Yeddyurappa, does not enjoy the authority to file FIRs just on the basis of CAG report, which is the property of the legislature.
“The Lokayukta police does not have any right to register FIRs based on CAG report because it is the property of the legislature,” Nagesh had contended.
Moreover, the legislature also had not discussed the CAG report implicating Yeddyurappa for allegedly notifying certain lands and not arrived at any decision whether to investigate the allegations or not, Nagesh had submitted.
“The legislature has not taken up the matter for discussion and as a result haven’t even arrived at any decision to initiate investigation into the allegations made by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG). On this ground, the Lokayukta police cannot register FIRs,” he had submitted.
Further, Nagesh had said that as per Indian Penal Code and Prevention of Corruption Act, the mere issuing of order to denotify land is not an act of offence, and moreover, the Yeddyurappa government had withdrawn the order later.
Also, the laws say that a competent authority, including a person of stature of a minister or a Chief Minister is the competent authority to issue land denotification orders, Nagesh had argued.
Karnataka government had approached the Supreme Court in the matter, to which the apex court had asked the High Court to ‘expeditiously’ decide pleas relating to registration of FIRs.
Now congies have no other option bu to blame the court itself.!!
Mango man – “Now congies have no other option bu to blame the court itself.!!”
Why blame anybody? Yeddyurappa is clean. The 300 acre coffee plantation gifted by him to shobha is also clean!!
The true story is like this: When full fledged Karnataka government formed by BJP under Yadiyurappa’s leadership and winning so many subsequent by elections, congress wanted to check mate BJP. It was clear when it appointed notorious Bharadwaj (who had allowed Quttrochi case to let loose) that he is going to trouble Yaddi. Everyday there was one or the other issue and he was biting Yaddi. Yaddi lost concentration on controlling the administration and spent most of time thinking how to tackle the governor. Actually chief minister and governor together should work for the people of state but unfortunately congress… Read more »
Ravi Muscat – “The true story is like this:”!
Sir, the true story is that the Lokayukta Police, under Santosh Hegde, had filed FIR based only on the ACG report. This was procedurally incorrect. Now, the police will have to make investigation independent of the ACG report and file FIR in all the cases again!
WOULD YOU EXPLAIN THE SOURCE OF FUNDS FOR SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, FROM A KOOLI EARNING FAMILY, FOR PURCHASING 300 ACRES OF COFFEE PLANTATION IN COORG? CAN YOU TELL FROM WHERE YEDDYURAPPA AMASSED 5000 CRORES OF WEALTH?
Sorry Sri Ravi, by some unintended mistake the above post is posted by me, with your name shown therein! Sorry again.
Any ‘intolerant’ people will voice now? – Ravi Muscat
Lol! Any subtitles for that, Mr. Mooscat Ravi?
More facts
Yeddi was a school teacher who moved from Shikaripura to Shimoga city with a small bag in hand & 2 kids on shoulder. When kids were young his wife died which was protruded as suicide but the well she died was a borewell in which a person of her size can fit tightly vertically.When a lawyer questioned this in court the court got dragged till yeddi was in power & hushed under the carpet.
BJP comes to power and the Gujarat riot cases against Shah are dismissed. Now the cases against Yediyurapaa are dismissed. One justice system for the rulers and another justice system for the ruled.
Sir, I honestly believe that you are not in your senses. Certainly happy with my posting of child soldiers from Africa. – Mr. Shaikh
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3391075/Why-Germany-t-face-truth-migrant-sex-attacks-SUE-REID-finds-nation-denial-wave-horrific-attacks-reported-Europe.html
Mr. Shaikh, you don’t like it a bit when I post bits of info on small boys posing with big bad toys. Well, this is news is about big BOYS now. Any comments?
Mr. Shaikh, More news about BIG boys. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3391194/Speaker-tells-students-s-fine-hit-wife-doesn-t-string-extremists-touring-British-universities-unchallenged.html http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3390168/Migrant-rape-fears-spread-Europe-Women-told-not-night-assaults-carried-Sweden-Finland-Germany-Austria-Switzerland-amid-warnings-gangs-ordinating-attacks.html Well, at this rate it won’t be long before they get their sorry asses kicked back to where they belong! (Syria, Iraq, Africa, Afghanistan etc). If it doesn’t come to that, well, they could all be in a ghetto! They don’t want to ‘migrate’ to Pak or Bangladesh or Indonesia or Brunei or the Gulf states. No brotherly/sisterly bhai-bhai feeling out there, I guess! They want ONLY rich Christian countries – to live and procreate like Rabbits. Agreed, most of them are clean and not tainted by that plague called ISIS/Daesh… Read more »
When full fledged Karnataka government formed by BJP under Yadiyurappa’s leadership and winning so many subsequent by elections, congress wanted to check mate BJP. -Mr.Ravi Muscat Sir, The debut Yeddyurappa government in Karnataka formed through ‘operational Kamala’ buying MLA from Reddy’s illicit money. BJP government came to power due to compulsion of Kannadigas who want teach Gowdas betrayal after holy wedding. Citizens of Karnataka is voted BJP for change.But without couple month in power they have showed the other side of coin by attacking Churches. Most of the assembly is held in ‘RESORTS’ ,whenever there are its MLA’s are glued… Read more »
They want ONLY rich Christian countries – to live and procreate like Rabbits.-Mr.Praveen Sir,The 1951 UNHCR Convention drafted relating to the Status of Refugees defining who is a refugee, their rights and the legal obligations of states.The 1967 Protocol removed geographical and temporal restrictions from the Convention. To make your misunderstanding clear,there are no boundaries set on the religious line for refugees. Where it comes richness of ‘Christian’ countries you mentioned,go back to the history of colonial period which they occupied 90% of the globe. To date there are many Christian black countries in Africa are forced to pay taxes… Read more »
Sharia Shaikh,
Saudi Arabia and other rich gulf countries are not taking any syrian refugees. Lecture your wealthy muslim brothers in Saudi Arabia and other gulf countries to take in syrian refugees and take care of their poor muslim brothers and sisters in Africa and Asia instead of squandering the oil money on …… in the West.
Saudi Arabia and other rich gulf countries are not taking any syrian refugees.-Mr.Roy Sir,The unease created by facts on this human rights tragedy has allowed specious analysis on Saudi Arabia’s and other Gulf States’ response to the crisis to proliferate throughout the West’s media. Thanks to a technicality in counting refugees, hundreds of outlets from Amnesty International to the Brookings Institution have claimed that Saudi Arabia has taken zero refugees–a ludicrous, but rarely fact-checked statement given the comical lack of a “Great Arabian Wall.” Western Media’s Miscount of Saudi Arabia’s Syrian Refugees http://www.huffingtonpost.com/anhvinh-doanvo/europes-crisis-refugees_b_8175924.html Syria’s refugee crisis in numbers https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2015/09/syrias-refugee-crisis-in-numbers/ With… Read more »
Dude you need to grow up and stop being such a “man child”. Hope almighty show you the right path and ability to understand the means of humanity. – Mr. Shaikh Oh well, IF ONLY the Almighty had shown your wayward bros the RIGHT “path” and the “ability to understand the means of humanity”, we wouldn’t have seen the frigging Caliphate and ISIS/daesh. And THERE you go about calling me a “man child”! And the Daesh wouldn’t have posed their kids toting deadly assault rifles Jeez! And you are quite OK with that! Are you for real, man? Btw, did… Read more »