Karnataka meeting disqualifies Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni after conviction in BJP chief homicide case | India Information
NEW DELHI: Karnataka legislative meeting on Saturday disqualified Congress MLA Vinay Kulkarni following his conviction by a Bengaluru classes courtroom in a prison case. Kulkarni was issued an official notification by the meeting after he was convicted within the homicide case of BJP chief Yogeshgouda Goudar. He’s at the moment in jail serving life imprisonment within the case. “Consequent upon the conviction of Vinay Kulkarni, Member of the Karnataka Legislative Meeting representing the Dharwad constituency, by the LXXXI Further Metropolis Civil & Classes Choose, Bengaluru Metropolis (CCH-82), in Spl CC No. 565/2021, he stands disqualified from the membership of the Karnataka Legislative Meeting from the date of conviction, i.e, April 15, 2026,” the notification learn. Kulkarni was disqualified primarily based on the provisions of Article 191(1)(e) of the Structure and part 8 of the Illustration of the Individuals Act, 1951. “He stands disqualified by way of the provisions of Article 191(1)(e) of the Structure of India, learn with Part 8 of the Illustration of the Individuals Act, 1951, and such disqualification shall proceed for an extra interval of six years after his launch, except the conviction is stayed by a reliable courtroom,” the notification additional learn.With Kulkarni’s disqualification, one seat within the Karnataka legislative meeting has fallen vacant.Bypolls have been held on April 9 to fill two different seats within the 224-member Meeting that fell vacant because of the demise of sitting MLAs. The outcomes can be declared on Might 4.Choose Santhosh Gajanan Bhat convicted Kulkarni and 15 others on April 15 underneath numerous IPC sections. These included prison conspiracy and homicide. On April 17, the courtroom sentenced Kulkarni together with others convicted within the case to life imprisonment.The case associated to the killing of Goudar, a BJP Zilla Panchayat member in Dharwad on June 15, 2016. Kulkarni was a minister at the moment. Goudar was attacked by assailants and was hacked to demise in his health club at Saptapur in Dharwad.The case was later transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2019. A supplementary chargesheet was filed by CBI in 2020, naming Vinay Kulkarni because the ‘major conspirator.’ It alleged that he perceived Yogeshgouda Goudar as a rising political rival in Dharwad and employed contract killers to eradicate him.Kulkarni was later arrested by the CBI in 2020. He was granted bail by the Supreme Court docket in August 2021 underneath sure situations. This included a ban on getting into Dharwad district. Nonetheless, in June 2025, the apex courtroom cancelled his bail following allegations of witness tampering and makes an attempt to affect prosecution witnesses.Kulkarni once more utilized for bail in January 2026, nevertheless it was rejected by excessive courtroom, citing judicial propriety. Nonetheless, the Supreme Court docket granted him bail on February 27 after obseving that each one witnesses had been examined.
