Seen as rivals in Karnataka politics, BJP leader BS Yediyurappa and Congress leader DK Shivakumar displayed rare bonhomie in the Supreme Court on Friday to oppose an NGO which sought revival of criminal proceedings against them in a land scam of 2010. One of the private complainants Kabbalegowda who approached the Supreme Court in 2016 to challenge this order too withdrew the petition in February 2019. But since the NGO application was pending, whether he should be impleaded in the case should be gone into by this court." However, the court sought to ascertain the facts of the case and posted the matter for hearing on a future date. The case arises out of a chargesheet filed against Shivakumar and Yediyurappa by the Karnataka Lokayukta on June 21, 2012.

Source: dna July 27, 2019 00:20 UTC