<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the criminal proceedings initiated by the Income Tax authorities against former Karnataka minister and state Congress president D K Shivakumar for alleged recovery of undisclosed wealth following raid conducted at his premises in 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices R Subhash Reddy and A S Bopanna issued notice to the Income Tax department on a special leave petition filed by Shivakumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi and S Ganesh appeared for the petitioner. The court sought response from the I-T authorities within four weeks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his plea, the petitioner challenged validity of the Karnataka High Court’s order of November 12, 2019, declining to give him<br />relief.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The HC had then dismissed his criminal revision petition against the order passed by additional Sessions judge, Bengaluru, rejecting his plea for discharge in a complaint filed by deputy director, Income Tax investigation for having committed offence under the tax laws and provisions of the Indian<br />Penal Code.</p>
<p class="title">The Supreme Court on Monday refused to stay the criminal proceedings initiated by the Income Tax authorities against former Karnataka minister and state Congress president D K Shivakumar for alleged recovery of undisclosed wealth following raid conducted at his premises in 2017.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A bench of Chief Justice S A Bobde and Justices R Subhash Reddy and A S Bopanna issued notice to the Income Tax department on a special leave petition filed by Shivakumar.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Senior advocates Mukul Rohatgi and S Ganesh appeared for the petitioner. The court sought response from the I-T authorities within four weeks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In his plea, the petitioner challenged validity of the Karnataka High Court’s order of November 12, 2019, declining to give him<br />relief.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The HC had then dismissed his criminal revision petition against the order passed by additional Sessions judge, Bengaluru, rejecting his plea for discharge in a complaint filed by deputy director, Income Tax investigation for having committed offence under the tax laws and provisions of the Indian<br />Penal Code.</p>