evidence: BENGALURU: Terming the sanction given by the previous state government, led by Bharatiya Janata Party, for investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation against incumbent Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar into disproportionate assets case as "illegal," the State Cabinet cancelled permission for CBI investigation against Shivakumar into his DA case. The decision of the State cabinet to cancel permission for investigation by sleuths of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) into the disproportionate assets case against Deputy Chief Minister and president of Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) D.K. Shivakumar has come under fire from opposition parties-Bharatiya Janata Party and Janata Dal Secular (JDS). [...] Drawing opposition over cancellation of permission for CBI probe against Shivakumar, BJP MLA Basanagouda Patil Yatnal stated "It is a classic case on how politicians are able to circumvent judiciary using clout." He said that Advocate General Shashikiran Shetty was personal counsel of D.K. Shivakumar who was defending him in various corruption cases. Continuing, Yatnal said, Shashikiran as AG recommended to the Karnataka cabinet to withdraw CBI consent to investigate Shivakumar and the Cabinet accepted it.