The mining scam in Karnataka is keeping Advocate General of Karnataka Ashok Harnahalli busy these days.
The face-off within the Karnataka judiciary just got murkier with the registrar moving the Supreme Court of India seeking a gag order on one of its judges, who had allegedly passed remarks on assignment of judicial matters.
Documents reveal that out of the 80 odd mining leases in the Bellary region, at least 45 are raising contracts or mines run by third party.
Rediff.com's Vicky Nanjappa spoke to former state law minister M C Nanaiah and Advocate General Ashok Harnahalli about Governor H R Bhardwaj's decision.