Shivakumar said there had previously been several judgments on the naming of officers for probes and the procedures to be followed.
Speaking on the sidelines of a government event in the city, Shivakumar said, “While we welcome the HC-monitored probe into the KPSC scam, I don’t know whether the HC has any powers to name the IPS officer to lead the investigation. Shivakumar said there had previously been several judgments on the naming of officers for probes and the procedures to be followed. The HC can seek its own probe if it is unhappy with the CID probe or can even make it a court-monitored probe, but naming an officer to conduct the probe is infringing upon the rights of the government and the executive,” he said.
“I have been receiving calls from Delhi and other parts of the country as to how the courts could direct a certain officer to probe the scam. BENGALURU: Chief minister D K Shivakumar on Tuesday expressed reservations over the high court naming IPS officer Alok Kumar to probe the Karnataka Public Service Commission (KPSC) cash-for-jobs scam.