The High Court of Karnataka on Monday ordered issue of notice to the State government on a PIL petition seeking directions to the government to implement the report on ‘Misuse and disposal of wakf properties’, and to conduct a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) based on the findings of the report.
A Division Bench comprising Chief Justice Abhay Shreeniwas Oka and Justice Sachin Shankar Magadum passed the order on the petition filed by 83-year-old S.K. Kantha, a former Minister.
“The State has not taken any action against those named in the Commission’s report nor any investigation conducted against them as many of those named in the report are powerful politicians or influential persons across the political spectrum,” the petitioner alleged while seeking probe to be entrusted to the CBI under the court’s monitoring as the State government and its agencies are helpless in acting against those named in the report.
The petitioner has pointed out that the…