SC refuses to lift interim stay on CBI probe against DK Shivakumar
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New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday refused to lift the interim stay on the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar in connection with a corruption case.
A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi issued notice to Shivakumar seeking his response on a plea filed by CBI challenging the stay order put by the Karnataka High Court.
The stay has resulted in a halt of further investigation by the central agency.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju said 90 percent of the CBI’s investigation is over but it is not proceeding further due to the interim stay order of the high court.
He urged the bench to stay the impugned order to which the bench said it cannot grant ex-parte stay.
Earlier, in July, the apex court had refused to interfere with the High Court order staying CBI probe against the Congress leader.
In February, the high court stayed CBI proceedings in a corruption case against Shivakumar and also directed the probe agency to submit an action taken report in the case registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PMLA).
The corruption case was filed against Shivakumar after a search was carried out by the Income Tax Department in 2017.
With inputs from agencies