The Supreme Court on Monday refused quash a CBI case against Karnataka deputy CM DK Shivakumar related to disproportionate assets.
A bench of Justices Bela M Trivedi and S C Sharma said it was not inclined to interfere with the Karnataka High Court order.
The top court was hearing a plea filed by Shivakumar against the October 19, 2023 order of the high court which rejected his plea.
The HC also directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conclude the investigation and file the report within three months.
The CBI has alleged that Shivakumar amassed wealth to the tune of Rs 74.93 crore, disproportionate to known sources of his income from April 1, 2013 to April 30, 2018, when he was the Energy Minister in theSiddaramaiah-led Congress government.
Based on the Income Tax Department’s search operations in Shivakumar’s home and offices in 2017, the Enforcement Directorate started its own probe against him. Based on the ED investigation, the CBI sought sanction from the state government to register a case against him. The state government had given the sanction on September 25, 2019. The CBI had registered an FIR against him on October 3, 2020.
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