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ED Challenges MUDA B Report Before Karnataka High Court
The Enforcement Directorate, or ED, has asked the Karnataka High Court to examine a report in the MUDA case.
The report said there was not enough evidence to continue the case.
The ED believes the investigation missed important facts.
It also says possible problems in changing the status of land were not properly checked.
A court had already accepted the report.
Activist Snehamayi Krishna is separately asking for that decision to be cancelled.
The dispute involves 14 plots given to Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi.
The High Court will hear the matter again on September 2.
The Enforcement Directorate has challenged the Lokayukta police’s B report in the MUDA case.
The ED said the investigation overlooked crucial issues and findings from its own inquiry.
It alleged that land denotification and land-conversion irregularities were not adequately examined.
The Karnataka High Court adjourned the matter to September 2 at 2:30 p.m.
The case concerns 14 sites allegedly worth ₹56 crore allotted to B.M. Parvathi in exchange for land.
- Who
- The Enforcement Directorate, Lokayukta police, activist Snehamayi Krishna, and the Karnataka High Court are involved; the case concerns Chief Minister Siddaramaiah’s wife, B.M. Parvathi.
- What
- The ED is challenging the Lokayukta police’s B report in the MUDA case.
- Where
- The proceedings are before the Karnataka High Court and concern land in Kesare village linked to the Mysuru Urban Development Authority.
- When
- The High Court hearing was held on Monday and was adjourned to September 2 at 2:30 p.m.; the report was submitted on February 12, 2025, and accepted on January 28, 2026.
- Why
- The ED says the investigation did not consider crucial issues, its findings, alleged illegal denotification, or possible irregularities in land conversion.
ED and Further-Probe Arguments
B Report and Existing-Court Decision
Adequacy of the investigation
ED and Further-Probe Arguments
The ED argues that the Lokayukta investigation overlooked crucial issues and findings from the ED’s investigation.
B Report and Existing-Court Decision
The Lokayukta police filed a B report, and the special court accepted it, effectively closing the matter at that stage.
Land-related allegations
ED and Further-Probe Arguments
The ED alleges that possible illegal denotification and irregularities in land conversion were not properly examined.
B Report and Existing-Court Decision
The B report was accepted by the special court, although the article does not state the court’s detailed reasoning.
Need for a fresh investigation
ED and Further-Probe Arguments
Snehamayi Krishna has sought cancellation of the special court’s order and a fresh probe by an independent agency.
B Report and Existing-Court Decision
The special court accepted the Lokayukta police’s B report; no independent-agency investigation has been ordered according to the article.
Key facts
- Case
- Mysuru Urban Development Authority case
- Challenger
- Enforcement Directorate
- Challenged document
- B report filed by the Lokayukta police
- Next hearing
- September 2 at 2:30 p.m.
- Land allotment
- 14 sites allegedly worth around ₹56 crore
- Land exchanged
- 3 acres and 16 guntas in Kesare village
- Report status
- Submitted on February 12, 2025, and accepted by the special court on January 28, 2026
Sources
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