Karnataka High Court quashes all FIRs against BSY

In a relief to former chief minister B.S. Yeddyurappa, the Karnataka high court on Tuesday quashed 15 FIRs filed against the senior BJP leader for alleged illegal denotification of lands based on a CAG report.

“All the FIRs against Yeddyurappa stand quashed,” Justice Rathnakala said in her order.

The order comes as yet another breather for Mr Yeddyurappa, close on the heels of the high court recently quashing former governor H.R. Bhardwaj’s sanction for prosecuting him when he was chief minister and also the Lokayukta court striking down four FIRs against him for alleged illegal land denotification.

The FIRs were registered following a complaint filed by one Jayakumar Hiremath based on CAG report in 2012, on denotification of land by government and allotment of sites by Bangalore Development Authority. The complaint was filed with the Lokayukta by Hiremath in 2014. During the hearing, Mr Yeddyurappa’s counsel C.V. Nagesh had submitted that the Lokayukta police does not enjoy the authority to file FIRs just on the basis of CAG report, which is the property of the legislature.