The Supreme Court on Wednesday adjourned to 14 July the hearing on CBI’s plea that challenged a Karnataka High Court order granting an interim stay on the probe into a disproportionate assets case against Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee president D K Shivakumar.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sanjay Karol deferred the matter after senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Shivakumar, said the matter is coming up before the high court on 23 May. The Karnataka High Court had on February 10 stayed the Central Bureau of Investigation’s proceedings in a corruption case against Shivakumar. The stay was later further extended on different dates.
The Income Tax Department had in 2017 conducted a raid against Shivakumar, on the basis of which, the Enforcement Directorate started its probe against him.
Following the ED investigation, the CBI later sought sanction from the state government to file an FIR against him. The sanction came on 25 September 2019, and on 3 October 2020, Shivakumar was booked by the CBI under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Shivakumar had approached the Karnataka High Court challenging the sanction and proceedings against him.
