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Santhosh Hegde
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Early
life
Santosh Hegde was born in an ethnic
Bunt family to former judge of Supreme Court, Justice K. S. Hegde and his wife Meenakshi
Hegde. He is one of six children born to the couple. He was born on 16 June
1940 in Nitte, Udupi district, Karnataka. He had his early education at St.
Aloysius College, Mangalore and Madras Christian College in Madras. He
completed his intermediate exam from St. Joseph's College, Bangalore and BSc
degree from Central College of Bangalore. Hegde graduated with a law degree
from Government Law College (now known as University Law College), Bangalore in
1965.
Career
After completing
apprenticeship training, he enrolled as an advocate in January 1966 and was
designated as senior advocate in May 1984. Hegde was appointed as the Advocate
General for the state of Karnataka in February 1984 and held that position till
August 1988. He worked as additional Solicitor General of the union of India
from December 1989 to November 1990 and was re-appointed as the Solicitor
General of India on 25-04-1998. Nitte Santosh Hegde was appointed as a judge of
Supreme Court of India on 08-01-1999. He retired as judge of Supreme Court Of
India in June 2005. He was conferred honorary doctorate of law degree by Mangalore
University in 2005 or a brief period he worked as Chairperson of Telecom
Dispute Settlement Appellate Tribunal, New Delhi. Hegde was of the view that
Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was not the authority for dispute
resolution between customers and telecommunication service providers.[6] He was
appointed as Lokayukta of Karnataka state on 3 August 2006 for a term of five
years.
Major anti-corruption cases and investigations as Lok Ayukta of
Karnataka
The Lok Ayukta had
exposed major irregularities in mines in Bellary, including those owned by
Obulapuram Mining Company and by G. Karunakara Reddy, G. Janardhana Reddy and
G. Somashekara Reddy who are ministers in the Government of Karnataka.He has
expressed concern about illegal mining taking place in state of Karnataka which
have deep repercussion for ecology and to exchequer of state. A report
constituted by the Lok Ayukta uncovered major violations and systemic
corruption in iron-ore mining in Bellary. There were violations in the allowed
geography, encroachment of forest land, massive underpayment of state mining
royalties relative to the market price of iron ore and systematic starvation of
government mining entities. The damage to public interest was so serious that
he recommended banning all exports of iron ore and limiting iron ore production
for captive production of iron and steel
Controversies
He was alleged to have pressured Chief
Minister of Karnataka to remove then Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP)
commissioner S. Subramanya. Subramanya was heading the BBMP which was held
responsible for bad maintenance of Bangalore, including drowning accidents
during monsoon.
Some people have questioned his
political motives in timing his resignation a day before a Bharatiya Janata
Party (BJP) state government convention, though he has not been aligned with
any particular political party over the course of his career.
Resignation from post of Lok Ayukta
Mr. Hegde at Freedom
Park Bangalore supporting Anna Hazare's protest for strong Jan Lokpal bill.
This photograph was taken after his retirement as Lokayukta.
Hegde resigned from the
Lokayukta position on 23 June 2010 after an officer (Deputy Conservator of
Forests R Gokul) was suspended by order of minister J. Krishna Palemar and he
felt powerless to help. He expressed inability to be effective in his
anti-corruption mandate owing to a non-cooperative Government of Karnataka.
After the resignation, he stated:
A cabinet minister
wanted an officer to be suspended for having exposed attempts to export illegal
iron ore from Belekeri port that was seized by our team in a raid on 20 March.
When the officer sought my help, I could not do anything. Besides this, all
officers against whom I conducted raids and suspended, have been reinstated.
Amid media speculation
that the ports minister Palemar had recommended Gokul's suspension on behalf of
some politicians with business interests, Palemar defended his recommendation
to suspend Gokul since he failed to attend a meeting, for it raised suspicions
that he may be involved in the scam himself. In fact, in a press meeting, Hegde
indicated that:
The whole idea was if
Gokul is suspended even for a day, a new investigating officer can be appointed
and a scam of this stature which runs to thousands of crores can be shut. ... I
couldn’t do anything for [Gokul] who had done the investigation going out of
his way. I was very disturbed and couldn’t sleep for two days. I told my wife
and decided to resign on Wednesday.
The matter, which is being
called the Belekeri port scam, relates to 3.5 million tons of illegal iron ore,
belonging to the powerful mining lobby headed by G. Janardhana Reddy, that was
ready to be exported from Belekeri port. After Gokul seized the ore and the
high court refused to permit its export without appropriate papers, a large
part of it was surreptitiously exported from the port. Hegde's resignation
sought to underline the helplessness of the advisory post of the Lokayukta in
such situations.
After persistent protests
and public pressure Karnataka Chief
Minister Yeddyurappa admitted to an illegal iron-ore export racket at Belekeri
Port involving 35 lakh metric tonnes of iron ore.
Justice Hegde withdrew
his resignation and agreed to continue in the post of Lok Ayukta after
persuasion from National leadership of the BJP. The party risked a major
embarrassment in the BJP ruled Karnataka State government by allowing an
upright person in public service to leave office,[22] though All India Congress
Committee general secretary B K Hariprasad said that "Hegde's actions prove
that he is a BJP man".
Retirement
and after
He retired as
Lokayukta of Karnataka on 2 August 2011. Subsequently, he joined the
anti-corruption movement launched by Anna Hazare in 2011 as a core member of
Team Anna. In August 2012, he left Team Anna and refused to be part of it after
the team decided to go political.
References
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example". www.ibnlive.com. Retrieved 2011-08-03.
Daijiworld Media Network (7 November 2010).
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Culture". Daiji World. Retrieved 21 December 2011.
Parliament of India
"Biodata of Justice Nitte Santosh
Hegde" (PDF). www.kar.nic.in. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
"Honorary doctorate for Santosh
Hegde". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2006-02-11. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
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Voice&Data. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
"Reddys have the last laugh, national
mines regulator has both hands tied". Indian Express. Retrieved 2010-06-24.
"Illegal mining: Lokayukta slams
Government". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2009-07-14. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
"Santosh Hegde Interview: 'Mining Lease
Is Used As James Bond's Gun'". Tehelka.
"Santosh Hegde Full Interview: 'Mining
Lease Is Used As James Bond's Gun'". Tehelka.
"Under fire BBMP chief edged out".
Deccan Chronicle. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
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A good man goes, head held high. Ethical cleansing in reverse?". Outlook.
Retrieved 2010-07-05.
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officer'". SIFY.
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the Lokayukta". Chennai, India: The Hindu. 2010-06-25.
"'Iron ore scam can
runs to Rs 2,500 crore'". Express Buzz.
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nexus". India Today.
"I had to go to save Gokul:
Lokayukta". Deccan Chronicle.
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The Indian Express.
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racket". The Indian Express.
"Hegde to stay, says can't ignore
father-like Advani". The Indian Express.
Lokayukta Santosh Hegde is a BJP man:
Congress, 15 June 2011 21:51 IST, rediff.com
"Refuse to be part of Anna's party".
10 August 2012.
Santhosh Hegde against Corruption-Video
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