Delhi HC to hear plea for CBI probe against Vasundhara Raje
The Delhi High Court Tuesday agreed to hear a plea seeking a CBI investigation into allegations that Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her son had illegally obtained compensation for land acquired by the NHAI by “falsely” claiming that the land belonged to them.
The petition also challenged an April 18 decision of a special CBI court here, refusing to order an investigation into the allegation against Raje and her son, on grounds that no prior sanction for prosecution had been obtained as required under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act.
Justice P S Teji, before whom the petition was listed, directed the counsel for the petitioner to place the order passed by the special CBI judge as well as the notification by which the court was set up, before the court by the next date of hearing.
He listed the matter for further hearing on October 8.
The special CBI judge had dismissed the private complaint by Rajasthan-based lawyer Srijana Shrestha, saying that there was no sanction order to prosecute them under the PC Act. According to the petition, there was no requirement of sanction as Raje was not a public servant at the time of alleged commission of the offence in 2010 when she was Leader of Opposition in the Rajasthan Assembly.
“Accordingly, the present occupation of her post as Chief Minister would not require sanction under the PC Act as she had already demitted the office she was occupying when she allegedly committed the offence,” the petition claimed.
Read full article: Indian Express
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