SC agrees to hear Karnataka Lokayukta's plea against bail to BJP MLA in corruption case
The Hindu
The BJP MLA's son Prashanth Madal, who is the chief accounts officer of the BWSSB, was arrested by the Lokayutka police while allegedly receiving a bribe of ₹40 lakh on behalf of his father at the KSDL office
The Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to hear the plea of the Karnataka Lokayukta against the grant of anticipatory bail by the high court to BJP MLA Madal Virupakshappa, the main accused in the Karnataka Soaps and Detergents (KSDL) contract scam.
The plea was initially mentioned for urgent listing before a bench headed by Chief Justice D.Y. Chandrachud, who asked the Lokayukta's counsel to mention the matter before a bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul.
When the counsel requested that the matter be listed as earlier as possible, the CJI said since the court of the Chief Justice is hearing a constitution bench matter, it will not be possible for the bench to hear it.
CJI Chandrachud said, "You can mention the matter before the bench headed by Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul. We are hearing a constitution bench matter or else we would have taken it at the end of the board".
The counsel said the matter can be taken up at 2 p.m.
CJI Chandrachud said, "Alright. You mention before Justice Kaul".
The counsel immediately rushed to the court headed by Justice Kaul seeking urgent listing of the plea.
Justice G. Jayachandran of the Madras High Court has said that Justice G.R. Swaminathan has exhibited bias against the State police by “showing interest in passing orders hastily without consulting the Bench partner (Justice P.B. Balaji)“ in a habeas corpus petition filed against the preventive detention of YouTuber ‘Savukku’ Shankar alias A. Shankar under the Goondas Act.