Karnataka HC lifts travel restriction on Nagendra but restrains travel abroad sans prior nod

B. Nagendra | Photo Credit: File Photo The High Court of Karnataka on Thursday permitted Minister for Planning and Statistics B. Nagendra to travel across the country without seeking prior permission of the trial court, but continued the restriction on travelling abroad without the court’s prior permission.Justice M. Nagaprasanna passed the order while modifying the condition imposed by the trial court in 2024 while granting him bail in a money laundering case booked by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) in a case related to the alleged misappropriation of over ₹89 crore of the State-run Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation Ltd.The alleged fraud had taken place when he was the Minister for Scheduled Tribes Welfare, Youth Empowerment and Sports in 2024, and he was arre