Pass fresh order on plea for probe into site allotted to Kharge family trust in Bengaluru: HC to special court
The Karnataka High Court has directed a special court to reconsider a plea for a Lokayukta investigation into a land allotment case involving the family of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge. The court ruled that technical defects in the complainant's affidavit are curable and should not prevent the judicial process from proceeding.
Why it matters
This case highlights the legal scrutiny surrounding land allotment practices involving high-profile political figures in Karnataka.
The High Court of Karnataka has faulted a special court for abandoning the course of ordering a Lokayukta police investigation into allegations of illegal allotment of a civic amenities site in Bengaluru to a trust of Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge’s family and instead conducting an inquiry on its own under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023, solely because of technical defects in the complainant’s affidavit.
Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while partly allowing a petition filed by Vijayaraghava Marathe, State president of Lanchamuktha Karnataka Vedike, Bengaluru. The petitioner had challenged the special court’s August 11 order of taking up the inquiry by itself under Section 223 of BNSS instead of considering his plea for a probe by the Lokayukta police.
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