1. Karnataka High Court refuses to quash FIR by CBI against Deputy CM D.K. Shivakumar
In a setback to Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar, the High Court of Karnataka on October 19 refused to quash a corruption case registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for allegedly possessing assets worth ₹74.93 crore disproportionate to his known sources of income.
Justice K. Natarajan passed the order while dismissing the petition filed by Mr. Shivakumar, who had questioned the legality of registration of the FIR by the CBI. The court said that it cannot interfere at this stage. The case under the Prevention of Corruption Act was registered by the CBI following the findings of separate investigations conducted by the I-T Department and the ED.
