New Delhi: Justice Santosh Hegde on Wednesday said it is "extremely difficult" to believe that allegations raised by Team Anna against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh could exist but demanded an inquiry if there are documents to suggest that some wrongdoing was done.
"It is extremely difficult for me to believe, having seen the Prime Minister all these years to say that such an allegation could exist. But at the same time, if somebody has said it is in documentary form, I think an inquiry should be held," Hegde, a Team Anna member, said.
His comments came following Singh's remarks that he would quit if any of the allegations levelled against him in coal bloc allocation are proved.
Hegde said lawyer Prashant Bhushan has noted that there were huge documents, including CAG report and opinion given by Coal Ministry, which advised against allocating coal blocs without auction....
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12:58 PM, May 30, 2012
New Delhi: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Tuesday hit out at Team Anna saying the corruption allegations against him and other ministers were irresponsible and unfortunate. The Prime Minister further said that he would give up his public life if the allegations made by Team Anna were proved. Talking to reporters on his way back from Myanmar, the Prime Minister said, "I will give up my public life if allegations...
08:35 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Eminent Team Anna member Justice Santosh Hegde on Tuesday distanced himself from the comment against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh by team member and senior Supreme Court lawyer Prashant Bhushan. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Justice Hegde said that the comment against the Prime Minister was unwarranted. He further said that he was unaware about the proof Team Anna had. The comments from the former Karnataka Lokayukta came hours after Prashant...
05:21 PM, May 29, 2012
New Delhi: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa has finally entered Bellary to campaign for the BJP party candidate in a high voltage by-poll. Sulking Yeddyurappa had boycotted all party programmes after his release from Bangalore central jail in a denotification scam. Speaking to CNN-IBN, Yeddyurappa said he was is not against the BJP. He maintained that he is the reason why BJP came in to power in Karnataka. "No....
12:02 PM, Nov 22, 2011
Former Karnataka Lokayukta Santosh Hegde says there may be more arrests, but from Andhra Pradesh as the CBI in Karnataka has not been permitted to investigate illegal mining. ...
08:55 AM, Sep 05, 2011
CNN-IBN spoke to social activist Medha Patkar and Justice Santosh Hegde after the House appealed Anna Hazare to end his fast. ...
01:37 PM, Aug 25, 2011
Complete text of the report submitted by the Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde strongly indicting Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa and recommending his prosecution under the anti-corruption law: ...
10:09 AM, Jul 30, 2011
New Delhi: The Congress on Thursday mounted pressure on Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa demanding his resignation in the wake of the Lokayukta report indicting him and his ministers in the illegal mining scam. "...Immediate resignation of the Chief Minister should be the starting, of every other minister should be the starting point. The state should call for and give consent for a CBI enquiry," Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said...
03:32 PM, Jul 21, 2011
New Delhi: Janata Dal-Secular leader HD Kumaraswamy on Thursday said that he would resign if charges against him in the final Lokayukta report on illegal mining filed by Justice Santosh Hegde are proved correct. He also asserted the fact that Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, who has also been named in the report, should submit his resignation. Kumaraswamy said, "The Karnataka Chief Minister should resign. If the charges are proved...
12:57 PM, Jul 21, 2011
Bangalore: Karnakata Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde on Thursday filed an FIR against state Information Technology Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu for forgery. The FIR also names Katta's wife Saubhagya and son Katta Jagadish as the co-accused. The FIR has been filed under Indian Penal Code sections 419 (cheating by impersonation), 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property), 465 (forgery) and 471 (using as genuine a forged document or electronic record)....
05:22 PM, Dec 02, 2010
Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde has finally agreed to withdraw his resignation. This came after requests from senior BJP leader L K Advani and party president Nitin Gadkari who met him early Saturday and requested personally to reconsider his decision to quit.
11:38 AM, Jul 04, 2010
Justice Hegde decided to withdraw the resignation as a mark of respect to Advani, a father figure to him. ...
05:23 PM, Jul 03, 2010
