New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday dismissed a petition alleging that Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah had orchestrated threats to seize a property.
The lawyer representing the petitioner informed a bench of Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta that the petitioner was unable to enter Karnataka and had been forced to live in Delhi.
"Is the Karnataka chief minister sending people after you in Delhi?" the bench inquired. The lawyer responded, "Not in Delhi; it is in Karnataka."
The lawyer explained that the petitioner wished to return to Karnataka. "Despite filing repeated police complaints and obtaining court orders in my favour, the threats continue," he argued.
The lawyer also claimed that in January, there was an incident of stone pelting at the property, and some individuals vandalised it. "They want to seize the property," the counsel claimed.
The bench questioned why the petitioner had not approached the jurisdictional high court. The lawyer responded, "The problem is that because of these threats, I am unable to enter the state of Karnataka. I am forced to live in Delhi."
The bench then referred to a committee and asked whether the petitioner was heading it.
The Supreme Court commented that the petitioner seemed to be engaged in a "political battle" in court. The counsel noted that the petitioner was not politically inclined at all.
After the bench showed its disinclination to entertain the plea filed by two persons, the counsel sought permission to withdraw it.
The plea was dismissed as withdrawn, leaving it open for the petitioners to avail themselves of remedies before the jurisdictional high court.