Bangalore-Mysore Expressway: SC stays Lok Ayukta inquiry
PTI | HT Correspondent, New Delhi
Feb 20, 2009 02:39 PM IST
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an inquiry by the Karnataka Lok Ayukta into the alleged irregularities in the construction of the multicrore rupee Bangalore-Mysore Expressway project.
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed an inquiry by the Karnataka Lok Ayukta into the alleged irregularities in the construction of the multicrore rupee Bangalore-Mysore Expressway project.
A Bench headed by D K Jain also allowed the former Prime Minister Deve Gowda to be impleaded (to be made a party) in the matter.
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The Karnataka High Court had earlier directed a Lok Ayukta inquiry into the multicrore project, after Gowda shot off a letter to it alleging irregularities in the project.
The High Court had ordered the Lok Ayukta inquiry after treating the former prime minister’s letter as PIL.
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