Apex court refers BSY appeal to larger bench

Citing judicial propriety, a bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra deferred its verdict on Yediyurappa’s plea.

New Delhi The Supreme Court on Monday deferred its judgment on a plea by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Karnataka chief minister BS Yediyurappa to quash a land denotification case from 2012 as it referred the matter to a larger bench where a similar legal issue is pending consideration.

Citing judicial propriety, a bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra deferred its verdict on Yediyurappa’s plea (PTI)

Citing judicial propriety, a bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra deferred its verdict on Yediyurappa’s plea against an order of the Karnataka high court reviving a corruption case against him when it found that a matter with similar legal issues was referred to a larger bench.

“We had reserved the matter for judgment while framing the aforesaid questions for consideration (on April 4). However, while preparing the judgment, on the issue relating to the applicability of Aiyappa’s decision we came across an order of this court dated April 16, 2024 passed by a coordinate bench of this court in SLP (Crl),” the bench said.

It added: “As for maintaining judicial discipline a coordinate bench of this court has refrained from proceeding further in deciding the underlying issue, which is under reference to a larger bench, we deem it appropriate to tag these petitions with the referred matter.”