MUDA case: Snehamayi Krishna moves Karnataka HC challenging clean chit to CM Siddaramaiah, wife Parvathi

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Social activistic Snehamayi Krishna has moved the High Court of Karnataka challenging the bid passed by a peculiar tribunal successful accepting the ‘B’ report, filed by the Lokayukta constabulary giving a cleanable chit to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, his woman Parvathi B.M and 2 others connected the allegation of illegalities and corruption successful allotment of 14 alternate sites worthy ₹56 crore to Ms. Parvathi by the Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA).

A peculiar tribunal of sessions for transgression cases against erstwhile and contiguous MLAs and MPs connected January 28 had accepted the ‘B’ report, successful which the Lokyukta constabulary had said that the allegations of corruption and transgression conspiracy against Mr. Siddaramaiah, Ms. Parvathi, her member Mallikarjuna Swamy and Devaraju J., from whom Mr. Swamy had purchased astir 3 acres of onshore connected being denotified by MUDA.

The petition is yet to travel up for proceeding earlier the High Court.

It has been contended successful Mr. Krishna’s petition that the peculiar tribunal “committed a jurisdictional mistake successful selectively accepting the ‘B’ study lone against these 4 persons, portion simultaneously directing further probe into the actions of MUDA officials arising retired of the precise aforesaid transaction”.

Claiming that the peculiar court’s bid contains a cardinal inconsistency arsenic the peculiar tribunal connected the 1 manus accepts the findings successful the probe study that strategy of allotment of compensatory sites nether 50:50 ratio strategy resulted successful important nonaccomplishment to MUDA and the State exchequer, adjacent successful allotment of 14 sites to Ms. Parvathi, and connected the different manus concludes that nary offence is made retired against the superior beneficiaries, Ms. Parvathi and others.

Once it was evident from the probe study that nonaccomplishment had been caused to the nationalist authorization owed to the allotment process, the relation of the beneficiaries of specified allotment could not person been separated from the actions of the officials erstwhile the peculiar tribunal itself had permitted the Lokayukta constabulary to behaviour further probe against the officials and others.

The peculiar tribunal did not see the materials submitted by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), it has been contended successful the petition.

While seeking rejection of the ‘B’ report, Mr. Krishna has sought a absorption from the High Court to bid an probe from an autarkic bureau by considering the probe reports of ED, which is yet to record a conclusive study connected its investigation.

Published - March 24, 2026 08:08 p.m. IST

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