The Karnataka High Court has stayed proceedings against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and former Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel in the electoral bonds extortion case. The court found no prima facie evidence of extortion,

Former Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel had approached the Karnataka High Court for a stay on the investigation and further proceedings in the case

The Karnataka High Court on Monday stayed the investigation into an FIR registered against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and others in the extortion case linked to the now-scrapped electoral bonds scheme.

Former Karnataka BJP chief Nalin Kumar Kateel had approached the Karnataka High Court for a stay on the investigation and further proceedings in the case

The interim order was passed on by Justice M Nagaprasanna as a petition was submitted by BJP leader Nalin Kumar Kateel who was named in the FIR.

The Karnataka High Court on Monday ordered an interim stay till October 22, 2024, on an FIR filed against Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and others in a case related to alleged extortion of money through electoral bonds.

The Karnataka high court said permitting further proceedings in this case at least until the objections have been filed would be an abuse of the process of law

The Karnataka High Court on Monday paused the investigation into Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and others over the electoral bonds scheme. The decision came from Justice M Nagaprasanna after a petition by BJP leader Nalin Kumar Kateel.

Earlier, a lower court in Bengaluru had instructed the police to file an FIR against Sitharaman and several leaders affiliated with the national ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The Karnataka High Court has paused the investigation against Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other senior BJP leaders in an extortion case tied to the electoral bonds scheme, pending further hearings on October 22.