BANGALORE: The High Court on Friday issued notices to the state government, chief minister and Upa Lokayukta over two PILs challenging the appointment of Justice Chandrashekaraiah as the Upa Lokayukta.
A division bench comprising Justices N Kumar and Ravi Malimath issued the above mentioned notice and adjourned the case for further hearing till February 27.The petitioners, advocates Ananda Murty R and Janekere C Krishna, stated that the appointment of the Upa Lokayukta was illegal as per Section 3 subclause 2 of the Lokayukta Act, 1984. In the case of Chandrashekaraiah’s appointment, Chief Justice Vikramjit Sen was not consulted as per the Act.