<p>The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday referred a batch of petitions questioning the formation of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to a division bench. <br /><br />A batch of petitions were filed by some government officials questioning the formation of the ACB. <br /><br />Suspended BBMP chief engineer (Major Roads) K T Nagaraj, one of the petitioners, questioned the formation of the ACB which is under the control of the government unlike the Lokayukta.<br /><br />The petitioners have stated that the ACB was constituted without statutory backing. <br /><br />The Lokayukta police was established under the provisions of the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984, and therefore backed by statute, unlike the ACB. <br /><br />Justice Byrareddy referred the matter to the division bench where a PIL on the ACB is pending. The division bench, on the PIL, had granted an interim order directing the Lokayukta to investigate old complaints and ACB to register new ones.<br /></p>
<p>The High Court of Karnataka on Wednesday referred a batch of petitions questioning the formation of the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) to a division bench. <br /><br />A batch of petitions were filed by some government officials questioning the formation of the ACB. <br /><br />Suspended BBMP chief engineer (Major Roads) K T Nagaraj, one of the petitioners, questioned the formation of the ACB which is under the control of the government unlike the Lokayukta.<br /><br />The petitioners have stated that the ACB was constituted without statutory backing. <br /><br />The Lokayukta police was established under the provisions of the Karnataka Lokayukta Act, 1984, and therefore backed by statute, unlike the ACB. <br /><br />Justice Byrareddy referred the matter to the division bench where a PIL on the ACB is pending. The division bench, on the PIL, had granted an interim order directing the Lokayukta to investigate old complaints and ACB to register new ones.<br /></p>
