Bangalore: The High Court dismissed a writ petition, seeking a direction to the Lok Sabha Speaker to disqualify Janata Dal (Secular) State President H D Kumaraswamy from membership of Parliament for allegedly committing bigamy.
The division bench headed by Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen dismissed the petition filed by city-based advocate Sashidhar Belagumba on grounds of lack of proof.
Belagumba had filed the petition in the High Court in 2011, charging Kumaraswamy with going in for a second marriage to Kannada actress Radhika. He contended that the JD(S) leader, a Lok Sabha member, ought to be disqualified from Parliament membership as he has committed a 'crime' by marrying again while his first wife Anitha is alive.
The petitioner referred to Section 494 of Indian Penal Code (marrying again during lifetime of husband or wife) and to Radhika's admission in the press and its confirmation by Kumaraswamy.
The JD(S) leader had also confirmed fathering a child with Radhika, according to the petition, which said Kumaraswamy is prohibited from bigamy as he is a Hindu.
The petitioner however had stated that he was not seeking any prosecution of the JD (S) leader.
"Every Indian citizen should be treated equally and the law of the land uniformly applied to everyone as enunciated in Article 14 of the Constitution," the petitioner had said.
The division bench headed by Chief Justice Vikramajit Sen dismissed the petition filed by city-based advocate Sashidhar Belagumba on grounds of lack of proof.
Belagumba had filed the petition in the High Court in 2011, charging Kumaraswamy with going in for a second marriage to Kannada actress Radhika. He contended that the JD(S) leader, a Lok Sabha member, ought to be disqualified from Parliament membership as he has committed a 'crime' by marrying again while his first wife Anitha is alive.
The JD(S) leader had also confirmed fathering a child with Radhika, according to the petition, which said Kumaraswamy is prohibited from bigamy as he is a Hindu.
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"Every Indian citizen should be treated equally and the law of the land uniformly applied to everyone as enunciated in Article 14 of the Constitution," the petitioner had said.
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