SC directs K'taka ex-CM, his wife to face trial in graft case

September 27, 2016 20:21

Former Karnataka Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and his spouse will have to face criminal trial for alleged misuse of official position in granting lease to a mining firm and allotment of 80 acres of land to a private cooperative society, the Supreme Court said today.

The allegations against the Janata Dal (Secular) leader include that he abused his official position in granting lease to a mining company for lifting of one lakh metric tonne of iron ore.

"You should face trial", a bench of Justices Ranjan Gogoi and P C Pant said while rejecting their contention that the case was made out of political vendetta.

"Of course, you are a political person. You will say it...Just because you were Chief Minister it does not mean that you would not face the trial," the bench said.

The apex court allowed the plea filed by advocate M Vinod Kumar against the Karnataka HC order of October 21, 2011 that had quashed the proceedings initiated against the couple by the Special Lokayukta Court on his complaint.

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