Denotification case : High Court stays ACB investigations against BSY

The Karnataka High Court on Friday ordered an interim stay of FIRs registered against BJP state unit Chief B S Yeddyurappa.

The interim order now stops the anti-corruption bureau from going ahead with investigations against Yeddyurappa in a land de-notification case.The interim order comes as a massive relief to B S Yeddyurappa who had petitioned the court seeking to quash FIRs registered against him. After weeks of hearing arguments from both sides, the court finally granted a stay on investigations.

The BJP has accused the Anti Corruption Bureau of missing its authority to target oppposiition party leaders ahead of the 2018 assembly elections in Karnataka.The ACB, in August earlier this year, had filed two FIRs over illegal land denotification. The total loss due to denotification allegedly done by Yeddyurappa when he was the Chief Minister was pegged at a whopping Rs 3,800 crore.