Overview

• The bench led by Chief Justice B.R. Gavai directed that Justice Surya Kant’s bench will hear petitions against the state’s withdrawal of consent for a CBI probe.
• The Supreme Court sought responses from D.K. Shivakumar and the Karnataka government after earlier notices in the matter.
• The CBI and BJP MLA Basanagouda R. Patil Yatnal are the petitioners challenging the Congress government’s decision.
• The Karnataka High Court had dismissed similar challenges as non-maintainable in August 2024, prompting appeals to the apex court.
• CBI alleges Shivakumar amassed about ₹74.93 crore in unexplained assets during 2013–2018, a case registered in 2020 after an ED reference, while the ED’s separate money-laundering case was later quashed by the Supreme Court.