A bench of justice M Nagaprasanna passed the order on a petition filed by BJP member Nalin Kumar Kateel, who is also one of the accused and has challenged the criminal complaint.

The Karnataka High Court has granted interim relief to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman by staying an investigation related to electoral bonds, stemming from allegations of extortion and conspiracy.

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,

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman reviewed the performance of 7 Regional Rural Banks in the North East. She urged them to boost credit disbursement under various Government schemes. She called for increased credit for agriculture and allied activities.

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman participated in two Credit Outreach Programmes in Itanagar and Namsai, Arunachal Pradesh, today.The programme at Itanagar was also attended by Shri Pema Khandu,

Besides Union Ministers Nadda and Sitharaman, FIR named the Enforcement Directorate (ED), BJP Karnataka president B Y Vijayendra and senior leader Naleen Kumar Kateel.

A case was registered on Saturday against Sitharaman and others on the directions of a special court, following a complaint relating to the scheme.

Karnataka High Court stayed the probe against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Karnataka BJP chief B Y Vijayendra, others in Electoral Bonds case.

This came after the finance minister and a BJP leader were booked for allegedly misusing the now-scrapped scheme to extort private companies.

The Karnataka High Court has stayed further investigation against Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and other BJP leaders in a case related to the scrapped electoral bonds scheme.

The Karnataka High Court granted an interim stay on the investigation against Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman and others in an extortion case related to electoral bonds. The court noted that no prima facie case of extortion was established.