KPSC scams: Karnataka HC restrains CID and police from submitting final probe reports before jurisdictional courts without its prior permission
The Karnataka High Court has barred the CID and police from filing final reports in KPSC recruitment scam cases without prior judicial approval. The court also granted interim protection to provisionally selected candidates against coercive action while investigations into alleged irregularities continue.
Why it matters
This ruling highlights judicial oversight in high-profile public recruitment scandals, ensuring due process while investigations into government corruption proceed.
The High Court of Karnataka on Friday directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) and the Vidhana Soudha police not to file final reports on their investigations into the alleged recruitment scams in the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) before the jurisdictional courts without its prior permission.
Meanwhile, the court also recorded the undertaking of the CID, which is investigating the allegations of illegalities in the KPSC recruitment process for the posts of veterinary officers, that it would not take any coercive action against candidates provisionally selected to the posts without the court’s prior permission.
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