The counsel said that allegations are made against his client and nothing is proven yet.
BJP state president B S Yeddyurappa on Tuesday informed the High Court of Karnataka that stay can be granted on the FIRs filed against him as it is in the investigation stage and has not reached trial or the proceeding stage in the court.
Senior counsel C V Nagesh, appearing for Yeddyurappa, said the Supreme Court bars the courts from staying the proceedings in corruption cases when it reaches the court, but in his client’s case, the FIR is still in the investigation stage and stay on the FIR can be granted at this stage.
The counsel said that allegations are made against his client and nothing is proven yet.
The then chief minister had the power to pass orders and denotify land. He said that in 2013, even the Congress government had denotified 1,300 acres of land.
The counsel was making his submission on a petition filed by Yeddyurappa who has moved the court seeking directions to quash two FIRs filed by ACB and the proceedings against him. Two FIRs were filed against him in the case of ‘fake-denotification’ of 257 acres of land of which 3.6 acres of land was kept to form Shivaram Karanth Layout in Bengaluru North. Justice Aravind Kumar adjourned the hearing to Wednesday.