The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday stayed the summons issued by a special court for CBI cases against the chairman and managing director of BEML and its directors based on a private complaint that alleged that the company had illegally exported iron ore from the State without valid permits.
Justice A.N. Venugopala Gowda passed the interim order after hearing a petition filed by BEML questioning the April 15 order of the special court. It has been claimed in the petition that the complainant, Periyaswamy, a dismissed employee of BEML, had suppressed from the special court that he was unsuccessful before the Central Vigilance Commission, the CBI and the Karnataka High Court, where he had agitated over the same allegations in the past five years.
Pointing out that the High Court had imposed on him Rs. 5,000 while dismissing his PIL petition, it alleged that the complainant was filing cases against the company and its executives with false and baseless allegations only to harass them as vengeance for his dismissal from service.
