The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismiss a plea for a CBI probe into ‘honey-trap allegations regarding a minister and other politicians in Karnataka. A three-judge bench of Justices Vikram Nath, Sanjay Karol, and Sandeep Mehta dismiss the PIL filed by social activist Binay Kumar Singh, which sought an probe into the alleged ‘honey-trapping’ in the Karnataka Assembly.
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The plea, which said that the “honey lure” of judges by vested pastimes was a serious risk to the independence of the judiciary and the rule of law, sought the probe to be either monitored by the top court room or by a committee headed by using a retired Supreme Court decide.
“On March 21, 2025, various media stores carried the reviews of troubling allegations made on the ground of the Karnataka country legislature, i.e., Vidhan Soudha, that a person aspiring to be the chief minister of the country has been a success in honey trapping several individual, amongst whom are judges,” the plea, filed by Abhishek, said. The plea was introduced, “The allegations were made by a sitting minister who has claimed himself to be a victim, thereby lending credibility to the extreme allegations.”
Cooperation Minister K N Rajanna on March 20 informed the assembly that there had been attempts to “honey-trap” him and that at least 48 politicians throughout parties fell suffer to similar schemes.
Alleged ‘honey-trap creates stir in Karnataka Assembly
The trap created a stir in the meeting, prompting the home minister to announce an high-stage probe while the competition demanded a judicial inquiry by a sitting high court judge.
Reacting to a PIL filed in the Supreme Court on the problem, Rajanna stated the PIL sought a CBI probe, claiming he had referred to the “honey trapping” of judges however he hadn’t referred to judges.
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