Bangalore: Spelling more trouble for former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa, the CBI on Wednesday ordered issue of summons to him, three of his family members and others in the illegal mining kickback case being probed by it.
CBI court judge Venkata Sundarshan, who ordered issue of summons on November 16, directed all of them to be present in court on December 12. On October 16, CBI had filed a charge sheet before the special court against Yeddyurappa, his sons B Y Vijayendra and BY Raghavendra, son-in-law RN Sohan Kumar, former minister Krishnaiah Setty, the CEO & Senior Vice-President of a Bellary-based private steel company, a Shimoga-based Trust and five Bellary-based private companies for alleged abuse of official position and corruption.
They were charged under IPC sections, including 120-B (conspiracy) and 420 (cheating) as also under provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Karnataka Land (Restriction on) Transfer Act.
Yeddyurappa resigned as Chief Minister in July 2011 after the Lokatyuka report on illegal mining accused him of bribery following which a spate of corruption and land denotification cases have been filed against him....
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02:24 AM, Nov 22, 2012
Bangalore: The Karnataka Lokayukta Court on Thursday issued summons to former chief minister BS Yeddyurappa, his family members and others in an illegal land denotification case. The summons, directing the accused to be present in the court on March 16, were issued by Special Lokayukta Court Justice NK Sudhindra Rao. Summons were issued to Yeddyurappa, his two sons, BY Raghavendra and BY Vijayendra, son-in-law Sohan Kumar and three others. Two...
06:41 PM, Feb 23, 2012
Bangalore: Karnataka Home Minister R Ashok was on Friday given a clean chit by Lokayukta police before a court in a case pertaining to alleged misuse of office in land denotification. The Lokayukta police submitted a report to Lokayukta Judge N Sundhindra Rao, exonerating the minister of the charge into which it had ordered a probe, based on a complaint by an RTI activist. Lokayukta police submitted that it was...
06:33 PM, Dec 16, 2011
Bangalore: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa has walked out of the jail after being granted bail by the High Court on Tuesday in the land denotification case. Speaking on his release, Yeddyurappa said, "I thank the people of Karnataka. I have complete faith in judiciary." However, the former chief minister said he did not want to comment on any individual. Yeddyurappa was allowed to walk free on the condition...
11:42 AM, Nov 08, 2011
New Delhi: Former Karnataka chief minister BS Yedyurappa's bail hearing has been adjourned to November 8. The court extended the hearing on Friday. There are six cases against him. He was jailed on October 15 following two complaints. The Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted partial relief to Yeddyurappa in the government land denotification cases against him. The court granted Yeddyurappa bail in one of the two cases and order...
01:01 PM, Nov 04, 2011
Bangalore: The Karnataka High Court on Thursday granted partial relief to former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa in the government land denotification cases against him. The court granted Yeddyurappa bail in one of the two cases and order on the other land denotification case has been reserved till Friday. If the former chief minister also gets bail in the second case, he will be out of judicial custody and will...
12:18 PM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: The bail plea for former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa is scheduled to be heard on Thursday at the High Court after it was adjourned on Tuesday. Yeddyurappa is in judicial custody in connection with two government land denotification cases. The Karnataka High Court on Wednesday adjourned the bail hearing of former Karnataka chief minister BS Yeddyurappa to November 3. Yeddyurappa was remanded to judicial custody in connection...
09:11 AM, Nov 03, 2011
New Delhi: Former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa's whistleblower advocate Sirajin Basha was booked by the police on Saturday. Basha was booked by police for allegedly submitting fabricated evidence and forging records. Basha's complaints in the Lokayukta court against Yeddyurappa in the illegal denotification land case had sent him to jail. Yeddyurappa was arrested on October 15 after a special Lokayukta court charged him in alleged irregularities in denotifying government...
10:38 PM, Oct 29, 2011
