Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (SP)
Bengaluru, Dec 3: The single judge bench of the state high court (HC) has reserved orders relating to applications filed by minister, D K Shivakumar, and former chief minister, B S Yeddyurappa, seeking dismissal of cases filed against them relating to alleged illegal denotification of land.
The bench, headed by Justice Anand Byareddy, which heard arguments which extended for two days, in tune with the Supreme Court's recent orders to dispose off the petition swiftly, reserved its orders.
The petitioners were represented in the HC by senior advocates, B V Acharya, Shashikiran Shetty, and Ashok Harnahalli.
When he was urban development minister, D K Shivakumar had purchased 4.2 acres of land in Benniganahalli under K R Puram revenue division. He has been accused of misusing his power and influence and getting the records transferred in his name through department officials. In their petitions in Lokayukta special court, T J Abraham and Kabbale Gowda had accused B S Yeddyurappa of illegally denotifying this land at the instance of D K Shivakumar, when the former became chief minister.