The
Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the Karnataka High Court's
order granting an interim stay on a CBI probe against the state's Deputy Chief
Minister D K Shivakumar in a corruption case.
A
bench of Justice B R Gavai, Justice C T Ravikumar and Justice Sanjay Kumar
dismissed the appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the
February 10 order of the high court in the case.
Additional
Solicitor General SV Raju said that the division bench of the high court
granted an interim stay on the proceedings despite there being an order in
favour of the agency.
Senior
advocate Abhishek Singhvi, appearing for Shivakumar, said the CBI has filed an
appeal against an interim order of the high court but refused to challenge
subsequent interim orders passed by the division bench of the high court.
The
Supreme Court bench then said it is not going to interfere and granted the CBI
liberty to request the high court for speedy disposal of the case before it.
On
February 10, the Karnataka High Court stayed CBI proceedings in a corruption
case against Shivakumar. The HC has also directed the probe agency to submit an
action-taken report in the case registered under the Prevention of Corruption
Act.