The Karnataka High Court on Friday asked the Lokayukta police to submit a list of corruption cases in which investigation are pending after registration of the first information reports (FIRs).
Justice A.N. Venugopal Gowda issued the direction while hearing a petition filed by V.L. Nandeesh, Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery, Mandya Institute of Medical Sciences, Mandya, who had questioned registration of a disproportionate assets case against him by the Lokayukta police.
“In how many cases the investigation is still pending? The other day, a case came up before this court in which there was a stay operating since past four years. Nobody [in the Lokayukta police] had taken steps to vacate it. Are these people have conscience or not? The establishment is going through a bad phase. Don't aggravate it…,” the court observed orally.
During earlier hearings, the court had pulled up the Lokayukta police for not completing the probe against Dr. Nandeesh even after 18 months of registering FIR against him.
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The court on Friday directed the Secretary, Education Department, to be personally present on Monday as the officials of the department had failed to provide proper response to grant of English medium status to the schools despite many opportunities given by the court for this purpose.
A Division Bench, comprising Justice N. Kumar and Justice B. Sreenivase Gowda, issued the direction while hearing contempt of court petitions filed by schools and their associations complaining that their applications for grant of English medium status despite court orders.
