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Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah.
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The Karnataka High Court on Thursday (December 5) adjourned the appeals filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and original landowner Devaraju in the Mysuru Urban Development Corporation (MUDA) alternative sites allotment case to January 25, 2025.
A division bench headed by Chief NV Anjaria declined the request placed by the advocate for Devaraju for an interim order deferring the proceedings before the single-judge bench in a separate petition seeking a CBI investigation in the case.
At the hearing, senior advocate Dushyant Dave, appearing for Devaraju, submitted that the original land owner is aggrieved by the single bench order in the petition filed by Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, challenging the approval granted by the Governor to investigate him in the MUDA alternate sites scam.
The advocate further submitted that certain damning observations have been made against Devaraju in the single judge order, though he was not a party in the petition.
Dushyant Dave also mentioned the petition pending before the single judge seeking a CBI investigation in the case and sought an interim order.
The division bench refused to pass an interim order deferring the proceedings before the single judge. The bench ordered notice to the office of the Governor and the complainants in the case.
On September 24, the single bench dismissed Siddaramaiah’s petition challenging the Governor’s approval for investigation against him stating that the facts undoubtedly require an investigation since the beneficiary of all the acts is not anybody outside, but the wife of the Chief Minister.