Bengaluru, Oct 5: In a case related to bribery Minister S T Somashekhar, IAS officer Dr G C Prakash and proprietor K Ravi have knocked the doors of Supreme Court against Karnataka HC’s order.
Karnataka HC had directed the Lokayukta officials to continue the ongoing probe. Minister Somashekhar, IAS officer Dr G C Prakash (former commissioner of BDA) and K Ravi proprietor of 37th Crescent Hotel, Bengaluru were charged with taking bribe to get a project for Ramalingam Construction Company Private Limited from Bangalore Development Authority.
The HC had taken up the private complaint filed by activist T J Abraham. Now the case will be listed before the SC bench led by Justice Chandrachud on October 10.
“The rejection of such request is liable to be ignored, as such request was not made either by the police officer or an officer of investigation agency or other law enforcement authorities; nor pursuant to the order of court as contemplated under first proviso to Section 19 of the PC Act,” the HC had said earlier.
Exactly one week after the HC’s order, a special court on 14th September referred the private complaint to the Lokayukta police to conduct investigation into the allegations and submit a final report by November 2, 2022.
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