SC dismisses CBI’s plea challenging stay on probe against DK Shivakumar

a relief to Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar, the Supreme Court on Monday refused to interfere with the high court order putting a stay on the CBI probe against him in a corruption case. A bench of Justices BR Gavai, CT Ravikumar and Sanjay Kumar dismissed the appeal filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation against the February 10 order of the single judge bench of the high court. The single judge bench extended the stay several times before finally dismissing Shivakumar’s petition challenging the FIR lodged by the CBI in the corruption case. The matter is currently pending before a division bench of the high court, which in June continued with the stay on the CBI’s investigation.