In a major relief to former Chief Minister of Karnataka, BS Yeddyurappa, the High Court of Karnataka on Tuesday set aside the prosecution sanction given by HR Bharadwaj, the then Governor, on January 21, 2011, in connection with alleged de-notification of land in and around Bengaluru.
A Division Bench of the High Court, headed by Acting Chief Justice SK Mukherjee, on Tuesday set aside the prosecution order and referred it back to the Governor for reconsideration. In his appeal, Yeddyurappa had contended that norms were bypassed while approving the prosecution and the complaint was politically motivated.
The Governor had granted permission to two advocates Sirajin Basha and K N Balraj to file a private complaint against Yeddyurappa in 2011. The two advocates, in their petition to the Governor, had alleged that Yeddyurappa had misused his official position to grant favours to kith and kin, friends and political followers. Consequently, the advocates had listed 5 land de-notification cases accusing Yeddyurappa of favoring his followers.