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SC seeks Karnataka response to CBI plea on denial of nod in DKS case

The Supreme Court has sought responses from the Karnataka government and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar regarding the CBI's challenge against the withdrawal of consent for a disproportionate assets case investigation. The CBI is contesting the Karnataka High Court's order, which upheld the state government's decision to revoke the consent previously granted during the BJP's tenure.

NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to Karnataka govt and deputy chief minister D K Shivakumar, seeking their response on a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) plea challenging the state govt's decision to withdraw its consent to the agency to investigate a disproportionate assets (DA) case against him. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Ujjal Bhuyan agreed to examine the CBI's petition challenging the Karnataka high court (HC) order which rejected its plea. The Siddaramaiah-led Congress govt in Karnataka had on Nov 23 last year held that the previous BJP govt's 2019 decision to give consent to the CBI to investigate the disproportionate assets case against Shivakumar was not in accordance with the law, and withdrew the sanction.

The Karnataka high court had held as "non-maintainable" the petition filed by CBI and BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal challenging the Congress govt's decision to withdraw the consent..