Siddaramaiah gets temporary respite as HC restrains trial court from a decision till the next date of hearing
Karnataka High Court on Monday in a case of alleged illegal allotment of plots to his wife in Mysuru after the Judge restrained a lower court in Bengaluru from deciding on the matter till the next date of hearing.
Justice M Nagaprasanna at the high court directed the trial court not to take any precipitative action against the CM till the next date of hearing. The Judge asked the respondents to file their replies and listed the case for hearing on August 29.
The special court designated for trying cases against people’s representatives had posted for orders on August 20 a private complaint filed against the CM. The case relates to Siddaramaiah’s wife being 14 pricey plots in an upscale residential area in Mysuru in return for 3.16 acres of land that Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) acquired at Kesare village on the city outskirts.
“..Any order permitting action to proceed further against the CM would frustrate the proceedings before this court. Since the proceedings are pending before this court, the trial curt shall deter its proceedings till the next date of hearing…” Justice Nagaprasanna said.
The High Court is hearing a writ petition filed by Siddaramaiah challenging the August 16 order of the Governor Thawarchand Gehlot granting permission for his prosecution in a case of allotment of sites in Mysuru to his family.
Senior advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for the CM, said the Governor’s order of sanction for prosecution came without application of mind and a sanction order such as this one
