Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa Gets Relief As Supreme Court Stays Criminal Proceedings In Denotification Case
by Swarajya Staff - Apr 5, 2021 10:33 AM
Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa.
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Justice John Michael Cunha of the Karnataka High Court had ordered the special court to take cognisance of the offences mentioned in the chargesheet and proceed in the case as per law.
This was challenged by Yediyurappa in the SC on the grounds that he had not been named in the PCR or the FIR registered by police and hence there were no allegations against him.
The Supreme Court has stayed an order of the Karnataka High Court that reinstated criminal proceedings against Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa in a case of land denotification.
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In a relief to former Minister D.K. Shivakumar, the High Court of Karnataka on Monday upheld a Special Court’s 2019 order discharging him from a case concerning alleged evasion of income tax of around ₹13 crore. The case was initiated against him based on financial transactions that he had scribbled on a sheet of paper that he tore during search conducted at a resort on the outskirts of the city during August, 2017.
Justice John Michael Cunha passed the order while dismissing the revision petitions filed by the Income-Tax Department challenging the February 28, 2019 order of the Special Court set up to exclusively to deal with criminal cases against MPs and MLAs in Karnataka.
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Justice Ajay Bhanot observed that the rule of delay and laches, as a policy of litigative repose, creates certainty in legal relations and curtails fruitless litigation thereby ensuring that the administration of justice is not clogged by pointless litigation.
The observation was made while dismissing a writ petition filed after a delay of more than 4 years, by observing it to be barred by the rule of delay and laches, without there being any satisfactory explanation as to the delay.
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Whereas the Uttar Pradesh Government is yet to respond to a query put by Allahabad High Court regarding regulation of school fees during suspension of physical classes, yet another PIL has been filed challenging exorbitant and arbitrary levy of fees by private schools in the State.
In a set back to Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, the Karnataka High Court vacated the stay granted on investigation and ordered a thorough probe to be conducted in the First Information Report in.
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