Bengaluru: The Karnataka High Court on Tuesday dismissed the appeals of former minister D.K. Shivakumar and three others, who had challenged the order of a single-judge bench dismissing their plea questioning the ED summons against them in a money laundering case.
The division bench, headed by Chief Justice A.S. Oka, upheld the single-judge bench order, and cited that the appeals filed by Mr Shivakumar and three others are maintainable since the single judge has passed the orders on their plea by invoking Section 482 of the CrPC.
The High Court, meanwhile, directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) not to arrest Sunil Sharma, Sachin Narayan and Anjaneya Hanumanthiah for four weeks.
The Enforcement Directorate had served summons against Mr Shivakumar and four others asking them to appear before them.
Following Income Tax raids at the residences of Mr Shvakumar in Bengaluru and Delhi, wherein accounted money of around ` 8.59 crore were seized, the Principal Director of IT had granted sanction for prosecution of offences punishable under sections of IT and IPC Act.
HC notice to govt on Cauvery Calling
The High Court ordered a notice to the state government following a PIL against Isha Foundation's 'Cauvery Calling' campaign led by its founder Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev.
The advocate, A.V. Amarnathan, in his petition, states that the campaign calls for planting of trees across the Cauvery river from Talacauvery to Thiruvarur. The campaign aims at planting 253 crore plants for which it is collecting funds of Rs 42 per each tree, which sums up to a total of Rs 10,626 crore. The PIL states that collection of money to thousands of crores is very disturbing.
1,91,247 Ganesha idols immersed on Sept. 2
The BBMP on Tuesday submitted before the High Court that 1,91,247 Ganesha idols were immersed on September 2. It also said that around 1,654 idols among 1,91,247 were of plaster of Paris, despite steps taken against the immersion of idols made out of PoP.
The HC adjourned the hearing on the PIL related to the protection of lake.
