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==Controversies==

===Bigamy charges===

Kumaraswamy was accused of [[bigamy]] which is illegal according to Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 of India. A [[public interest litigation]] was filed after media reports of his marriage to [[Kannada cinema]] actress [[Radhika Kumaraswamy]] surfaced. Since Kumaraswamy is married to his first wife Anitha, his second marriage with Radhika is a violation of law .<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/kumaraswamy-second-marriage-with-kannada-actor-radhika-143851-2011-10-21|title=Kumaraswamy in trouble for alleged second marriage with Kannada actor Radhika|newspaper=[[India Today]]|language=en|access-date=27 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180428094240/https://www.indiatoday.in/india/south/story/kumaraswamy-second-marriage-with-kannada-actor-radhika-143851-2011-10-21|archive-date=28 April 2018}}</ref> However a division bench of [[Karnataka High Court]] headed by Chief Justice [[Vikramajit Sen]] dismissed the case citing "lack of proof".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-hc-dismisses-petition-on-bigamy-against-hd-kumaraswamy-1673566|title=HC dismisses petition on bigamy against HD Kumaraswamy|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140419011443/http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-hc-dismisses-petition-on-bigamy-against-hd-kumaraswamy-1673566|archive-date=19 April 2014}}</ref>

===Janthakal mining scam===