SC extends stay on investigation against former CM Yediyurappa in corruption case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday extended the stay ordered on investigation in an FIR lodged by Lokayukta police against former Karnataka Chief Minister, B S Yeddyurappa, in a corruption case related to award of a BDA contract for building a housing complex.
A bench headed by Justice DY Chandrachud and also comprising Justice Hima Kohli issued notice to the Karnataka government on a plea by the senior BJP leader.
As senior advocate Siddharth Dave, on behalf of Yeddyurappa, mentioned that the state is not a party to the matter, the bench said we should also have benefit of assistance from the state even though it is a case related to a private complaint by activist T J Abraham.
The Apex court said its interim order issued on September 23 would be extended till further directions.
The Karnataka High Court had, in an order on September 7, held that the rejection of sanction would not come in the way of proceedings against Yediyurappa.
The case related to allegation of bribes to the tune of Rs 12 crore to award a BDA contract for a construction firm to build a housing complex for the government during his tenure as CM in 2019-21.
An FIR (First Information Report) was lodged against the former Karnataka CM, his family members and others on September 16 in the same case.
The bench had suspended probe in case of Yeddyurappa but the investigation continued against his son B Y Vijayendra, son-in-law Sanjay Shree, and grandson Shashidhar Maradi and others, including Minister S T Somashekar, IAS officer G C Prakash and businessman K Ravi. (UNI)