The Karnataka High Court had asked a special court to reinstate the case and take note of the allegations against the CM.
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial proceedings against the Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa in a corruption case of allegedly denotifying several acres of land to private parties. The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday had rejected Mr Yediyurappa's petition of quashing the criminal case while the Apex Court stayed the proceedings against him.
According to a private complaint against the Chief Minister, Mr Yediyurappa allegedly during his tenure from 2008-12, illegally de-notified around 20 acres from land acquisition proceedings to give undue favours to private parties. The Karnataka HC had directed a special court to take note of the allegations and proceed on the basis of a charge sheet filed by the Lokayukta Police in 2012. The High Court had asked a special court to reinstate the case after it was dropped.
The charge sheet by the Karnataka Lokayukta, or the corruption watchdog, accused Mr Yediyurappa of abusing his position to illegally cancel government acquisition of land for industrial purposes. The land had been acquired by the state-run Karnataka Industrial Area Development Board in 2006 to set up a hardware park in Bengaluru. However, the land was denotified and given to private individuals.
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