Daijiworld Media Network- Bengaluru (RJP)

Bengaluru, Mar 15: State High Court (HC) on Tuesday March 14 ruled that complaint can be registered at a competent court to hear the case against Chikkaballapur Member of Parliament (MP) Veerappa Moily for allegedly hiding the fact in affidavit that FIR was filed against him before the last Lok Sabha elections.

The bench, headed by Justice A S Bopanna, who took up the case filed by applicant V Shashidhar, said that a complaint can be registered by the applicant in a magistrate court.

As per the information in the case heard by the HC, during the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Veerappa Moily had not revealed in the affidavit submitted to the election commission that a FIR was lodged against him by Delhi anti corruption bureau while he was the union minister.

Shashidhar had prayed to the court that Moily should be disqualified from his post for hiding this fact. He wanted a directive in this regard from the court to state election commission and Chikkaballapur deputy commissioner.