The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Special Investigation Team in the illegal mining cases registered by the Lokayukta against former Karnataka chief ministers S M Krishna, N Dharam Singh and H D Kumaraswamy, and others in 2011.
A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy allowed a plea by advocate Joseph Aristotle, appearing for the SIT, for impleading it as a party in the matter. The apex court had January 27, 2012 stayed the probe initiated against Krishna on the basis of Lokayukta report, terming the proceedings "premature".
Krishna had approached the apex court challenging the Karnataka High Court's order allowing Lokayukta probe against him for the alleged illegal mining during his chief ministership between 1999 and 2004. He had claimed that the de-reservation of the forest mineral wealth was carried out as per the mineral policy of the Central government.
T J Abraham, an activist from Bengaluru, had filed the complaint against Krishna and others seeking their prosecution for alleged irregularities in allotment of forest areas to private persons. He had cited former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde's report to contend Krishna and others, including some officers, had allowed de-reservation of forest land in violation of the apex court's order.![]( "S M Krishna")
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Special Investigation Team in the illegal mining cases registered by the Lokayukta against former Karnataka chief ministers S M Krishna, N Dharam Singh and H D Kumaraswamy, and others in 2011.
A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy allowed a plea by advocate Joseph Aristotle, appearing for the SIT, for impleading it as a party in the matter. The apex court had January 27, 2012 stayed the probe initiated against Krishna on the basis of Lokayukta report, terming the proceedings "premature”.
Krishna had approached the apex court challenging the Karnataka High Court’s order allowing Lokayukta probe against him for the alleged illegal mining during his chief ministership between 1999 and 2004. He had claimed that the de-reservation of the forest mineral wealth was carried out as per the mineral policy of the Central government.
T J Abraham, an activist from Bengaluru, had filed the complaint against Krishna and others seeking their prosecution for alleged irregularities in allotment of forest areas to private persons. He had cited former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde’s report to contend Krishna and others, including some officers, had allowed de-reservation of forest land in violation of the apex court’s order.
A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy allowed a plea by advocate Joseph Aristotle, appearing for the SIT, for impleading it as a party in the matter. The apex court had January 27, 2012 stayed the probe initiated against Krishna on the basis of Lokayukta report, terming the proceedings "premature".
Krishna had approached the apex court challenging the Karnataka High Court's order allowing Lokayukta probe against him for the alleged illegal mining during his chief ministership between 1999 and 2004. He had claimed that the de-reservation of the forest mineral wealth was carried out as per the mineral policy of the Central government.
T J Abraham, an activist from Bengaluru, had filed the complaint against Krishna and others seeking their prosecution for alleged irregularities in allotment of forest areas to private persons. He had cited former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde's report to contend Krishna and others, including some officers, had allowed de-reservation of forest land in violation of the apex court's order.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the Special Investigation Team in the illegal mining cases registered by the Lokayukta against former Karnataka chief ministers S M Krishna, N Dharam Singh and H D Kumaraswamy, and others in 2011.A bench of Justices P C Ghose and Amitava Roy allowed a plea by advocate Joseph Aristotle, appearing for the SIT, for impleading it as a party in the matter. The apex court had January 27, 2012 stayed the probe initiated against Krishna on the basis of Lokayukta report, terming the proceedings "premature”.
Krishna had approached the apex court challenging the Karnataka High Court’s order allowing Lokayukta probe against him for the alleged illegal mining during his chief ministership between 1999 and 2004. He had claimed that the de-reservation of the forest mineral wealth was carried out as per the mineral policy of the Central government.
T J Abraham, an activist from Bengaluru, had filed the complaint against Krishna and others seeking their prosecution for alleged irregularities in allotment of forest areas to private persons. He had cited former Karnataka Lokayukta Justice Santosh Hegde’s report to contend Krishna and others, including some officers, had allowed de-reservation of forest land in violation of the apex court’s order.