The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from CBI and the Enforcement Directorate over a charge that they were going soft on companies like Essar, Loop and their promoters by not slapping corruption charges against them in the case arising out of the 2G spectrum scam.
A bench of Justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly issued notice to them to also respond on the probe done against the former Union Minister Dayanidhi Maran after it was alleged that CBI was not doing anything after registering FIR.
The court passed the order on an application filed by an NGO alleging that CBI’s decision not to book Essar Group and its promoters under the Prevention of Corruption Act has been “facilitated” by the intervention of CBI Director and Law Minister Salman Khurshid.
The bench, after holding a brief hearing in the case, asked the agencies to file their response in 10 days on all these allegations and posted the matter for further hearing on January 20.
Advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for the NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation, contended that CBI’s decision not to slap charges under PCA was in contradiction of the investigation officers’ report which had found “strong evidence in the case and had apparently/reportedly proposed charges even under the Act.”
“Therefore, not charging the accused under the Prevention of Corruption Act ignoring the findings of the Investigating Officers, is unwarranted. This is unacceptable, especially, in a case where the investigations are being monitored by this Court and investigating officers are reporting to the Court,” he told the told court.
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