High Profile Cases Court rejects Yeddyurappa plea to quash corruption cases February 1, 2012 / February 1, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka high court Tuesday rejected former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa’s plea to quash two corruption and illegal land deals cases against him for which he was sent to jail last year. Justice Anand Byrareddy dismissed Yeddyurappa’s petitions against the two cases filed in the Lokayukta (ombudsman) court by Bangalore advocate Sirajin Basha. Justice Byrareddy […] Read more » Former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice Anand Byrareddy Karnataka High Court
Top Law News Illegal mining: Court allows probe of Krishna, Kumaraswamy’s role January 21, 2012 / January 21, 2012 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a jolt to External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna and a major embarrassment to the Congress, the Karnataka High Court Friday allowed probe into charges that he had illegally de-reserved large forest areas for mining when he was chief minister during 1999-2004. Also facing embarrassment is former prime minister and Janata Dal-Secular president H.D. Deve […] Read more » External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna illegal mining Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice N. Ananda Karnataka High Court
High Profile Cases Illegal mining case: Hearing on Krishna’s plea Thursday December 14, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court will Thursday hear External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna’s plea to dismiss an illegal mining case against him. Justice B.V. Pinto, who Wednesday took up Krishna’s petition, adjourned the hearing to Thursday as the former chief minister’s lawyer sought time. Krishna filed the petition Dec 9 after police registered a first information […] Read more » illegal mining case Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice B.V. Pinto Karnataka High Court
High Profile Cases Krishna moves high court to quash illegal mining case December 10, 2011 / December 10, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Friday petitioned the Karnataka High Court to quash the illegal mining case against him, a day after police launched a probe into his alleged role in illegal mining when he was chief minister 1999-2004. The high court is likely to hear the petition Monday. Krishna has contended in the petition […] Read more » External Affairs Minister S.M. Krishna Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Karnataka High Court social activist T.J. Abraham
High Profile Cases BJP Karnataka lawmaker jailed, trial court cancels bail October 29, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Karnataka’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lawmaker Y.Sampangi was Friday jailed after a trial court cancelled his bail plea in a corruption case. Rejecting Sampangi’s bail application, special Lokayukta (ombudsman) Court Judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao directed the police to take the BJP legislator into judicial custody and lodge him in the Parpanna Agrahara Central Jail in […] Read more » BJP Karnataka lawmaker jailed Judge N K Sudhindra Rao trial court cancels bail Y. Sampangi
High Profile Cases Diwali in jail for Yeddyurappa October 24, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, arrested for alleged corruption cases, will spend Diwali behind bars as the High Court Monday put off to Oct 28 the hearing on his bail plea. Justice B.V. Pinto of the Karnataka High Court adjourned the hearing as arguments against bail were inconclusive. The high court has holidays for […] Read more » Diwali in jail for Yeddyurappa Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice B.V. Pinto Karnataka High Court
High Profile Cases Yeddyurappa’s jail stay continues, bail hearing Monday October 22, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment The Karnataka High Court Friday adjourned to Monday the hearing on the bail plea of former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, in a jail here since Wednesday in two corruption cases. Justice B.V. Pinto will resume hearing the arguments for and against the bail Monday. Yeddyurappa had petitioned the high court Monday for bail. On Oct […] Read more » Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Justice B.V. Pinto Yeddyurappa's jail stay continues
High Profile Cases Karnataka home minister faces probe over land order October 21, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment A Bangalore court Thursday ordered a probe into charges that Karnataka Home Minister R. Ashoka had abused his office to get government land in north of the city illegally denotified. Former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, already in jail in two corruption cases, is also an accused in the denotification case filed against Ashoka by Jayakumar […] Read more » Judge N K Sudhindra Rao Karnataka home minister faces probe over land order Karnataka Home Minister R. Ashoka
High Profile Cases Court rejects ex-Karnataka minister’s bail plea October 18, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment Former Karnataka minister Katta Subramanaya Naidu, arrested in a land scandal, Monday failed to get bail. He can, however, get treated for cancer at any hospital in India, a court here ruled. Lokayukta Special Court Judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao, who Aug 8 sent Bharatiaya Janata Party leader Naidu to judicial custody, declined him bail but […] Read more » ex-Karnataka minister bail plea Judge N K Sudhindra Rao
Criminal Law News Former Karnataka CM Yeddyurappa surrenders in court October 15, 2011 by Legal India Admin | Leave a Comment In a major setback to former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa, a Lokayukta Court today rejected his bail plea and issued arrest warrant against him in connection with cases regarding alleged irregularities in denotification of government lands. The court also denied bail to Yeddyurappa’s former ministerial colleague S N Krisnaiah Setty but gave […] Read more » B.S Yeddyurappa surrenders Former Karnataka CM B.S Yeddyurappa surrenders in court Judge N K Sudhindra Rao