Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], March 5 (HBTV): Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar on Tuesday said justice had been delivered after the Supreme Court quashed the proceedings initiated against him in a money laundering case. 

Recalling the events of his arrest in 2019, the Karnataka deputy chief minister said, "It is a big relief for me. Justice has been shown to me. I am very happy that the court has given me relief. I thank all the leaders and friends from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. Whatever pain I have gone through, I remember from day one of my arrest, the way they arrested me and all the other things." 

A bench of Justices, Surya Kant and KV Viswanathan, allowed the appeal filed by DK Shivakumar. He had approached the Supreme Court challenging a Karnataka High Court order in 2019.  

The Karnataka High Court had rejected DK Shivakumar's plea seeking quashing of the summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate to appear before the agency for investigation.   

The Enforcement Directorate had issued summons in February 2019 to Shivakumar to appear before it. 

(ANI/TPS) This is a syndicated news feed. HBTV has edited it for brevity and clarity.