Daijiworld Media Network - Bengaluru (MS)
Bengaluru, Nov 21: Retired judge of high court Justice B S Patil is appointed as the new deputy Lokayukta of the state. The governor has put his confirmation on the file and Patil will be sworn in at 5 pm on Thursday, November 21 at Raj Bhavan. Many eminent personalities, including Yediyurappa, will take part in the event.
Justice B S Patil has served as a judge in the high court for a long period of 14 years. He was a lawyer for 20 years before assuming the post of judge in the high court. The single judge bench led by Justice B S Patil had ordered a stay on the inquiry of present CM B S Yediyurappa on the private complaint filed by Sirajin Pasha and Balaraj on the Arkavati Layout denotification case.
The objection against the stay given by judge B S Patil, was inquired by justice N Kumar and Justice Aravinda Kumar and the two judge bench had given the stay for the order given by the single judge bench of B S Patil.
The bench led by justice N Kumar had given an objection to the stay ordered by justice B S Patil on the basis of the Supreme Court order that it is not possible to give stay on the inquiry conducted by subordinate court.