Speaker acted in haste on 16 Karnataka legislators: Supreme Court

Holding the disqualification of 16 Karnataka assembly members as mala fide, the Supreme Court Wednesday said that the speaker acted in haste to ensure that then chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa did not lose a trust vote. Therefore, we hold that the impugned order of the speaker is vitiated by mala fides,” said an apex court  [ Read More ]

Supreme Court stops all mining work in Bellary

The Supreme Court Friday ordered the suspension of all mining operations in Karnataka’s Bellary region. “Mining (is) suspended with immediate effect till further orders,” said a bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia and including Justice Swatanter Kumar and Justice Aftab Alam. “The greed of a few is making everyone suffer,” the bench  [ Read More ]

Illegal mining a reality: Chief Justice Kapadia

Chief Justice of India S.H. Kapadia Sunday said that illegal mining was going on in various states of the country and called upon the central government to put in place a regulator for both appraisal and pricing of extracted minerals. ‘Illegal mining is going on in different states,’ said Justice Kapadia, who presided over the  [ Read More ]

Yeddyurappa faces police probe over land deal

A Bangalore court Thursday ordered a police probe into a private complaint against Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa over a land deal. The investigation is to be completed by May 4. The probe will be conducted by the police attached to the state Lokayukta (ombudsman), Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge C.B. Hipparagi ordered. He is  [ Read More ]