BENGALURU: Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Friday said the state government will discuss the high court judgment abolishing the state’s Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in a cabinet meeting soon. “We have seen Karnataka HC’s judgment on abolishing Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB). We will discuss our next step in the Cabinet meeting keeping our (2018 Assembly election) manifesto in mind,” he said.
The Karnataka High Court on Thursday abolished the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), formed by the Congress government headed by Siddaramaiah in 2016, and transferred all pending cases before the ACB to the Lokayukta Police division. In 2016, the Siddaramaiah government formed the ACB, curtailing the powers of the Lokayukta.
A division bench comprising Justice B Veerappa and Justice K S Hemalekha said that all pending cases before the ACB will now get transferred to the Lokayukta Police division. The order was passed in connection with Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by advocate Chidananda Urs, Advocates’ Association and social activist S R Hiremath’s Samaj Parivartan community challenging the formation of ACB. (ANI)