Karnataka High Court adjourns plea on Hublot watch controversy
Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of a petition against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah accepting a Hublot wristwatch as gift, while serving as a public servant.
The court was hearing a petition filed by Anupama Shenoy, a former deputy superintendent of police, seeking directions to the central government and the director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to act on her representation.
She has sought a CBI probe, saying the agency should investigate corruption, criminal breach of trust, criminal conspiracy and nepotism behind the Hublot watch controversy.
The petitioner has sought directions to the chief secretary to hand over the watch to the central government represented by its Undersecretary and director of CBI until her representation dated July 15, 2017 is disposed of.
Stating that there was no urgency in the matter, the vacation bench of the High Court on Tuesday adjourned the petition to May 28.