Bengaluru, Sept. 8 -- The Karnataka High Court has cleared the way for a statutory investigation into a private complaint alleging irregularities in the allotment of a Bangalore Development Authority (BDA) civic amenity site to the Siddhartha Vihar Trust associated with Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge and his family, holding that a defective affidavit cannot be allowed to derail the investigation process.
Justice M Nagaprasanna directed the trial court to proceed under Section 175 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) after giving the complainant an opportunity to cure the defect in the affidavit.
The High Court set aside the trial court's decision to divert the matter to an inquiry under Section 223 BNSS, holding that th...