Court Orders Registration Of ‘Special Criminal Case’ Against Former Karnataka CM B S Yediyurappa

New Delhi: A Special Court in Bengaluru has ordered the registration of a ‘special criminal case’ against former Karnataka chief minister B S Yediyurappa over the alleged corruption in a land de-notification issue when he was the deputy CM in the BJP-JDS coalition government in 2006-07.

Sessions Judge B Jayantha Kumar of the special court has issued the order on March 26, based on a private complaint by one Vasudeva Reddy.

The case pertains to the denotification of about 4.30 acres of prime land near Bellandur, Bengaluru while Yediyurappa was Deputy Chief Minister. The case has haunted Yediyurappa for several years. In 2013, one Vasudeva Reddy had filed a private complaint.

A special court while hearing the denotification case on Saturday rejected the Lokayukta police’s B report and allowed an investigation.

The single-judge bench said that there is sufficient material to proceed against Yediyurappa by registering a Special Criminal Case and summoning him to give an opportunity to establish his allegations.