Overview
- India’s Special Court for Elected Representatives acknowledged a sealed final report from the Lokayukta police and set January 22 to decide on the earlier closure report.
- Lokayukta prosecutors said 70 witnesses were examined and none corroborated allegations that Chief Minister Siddaramaiah influenced or benefited from the allotments.
- The Karnataka government granted sanction to investigate former MUDA chairman H V Rajeev, a step officials said enables the Lokayukta to move toward a charge sheet.
- The court directed that ex-commissioner G T Dinesh Kumar be produced on January 17 as the ED pursues a money‑laundering case that includes a prosecution complaint and attachments of 142 properties worth about Rs 300 crore.
- A judicial commission previously reported broad MUDA irregularities but found no wrongdoing in compensatory sites allotted to the CM’s wife, who later returned them.