Even as the CBI gave a clean chit to BSP leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted a PIL seeking registration of a fresh FIR against her in a dis
Even as the CBI gave a clean chit to BSP leader and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the Supreme Court on Wednesday admitted a PIL seeking registration of a fresh FIR against her in a disproportionate assets case.
Appearing for the CBI, attorney-general Mukul Rohatgi informed a Bench of Justices Anil R. Dave and A.K. Goel that there was no material available for filing a fresh FIR in disproportionate assets case. He said the income-tax department and the Delhi high court had given a clean chit to Ms Mayawati and the CBI has accepted this position and hence no new case can be filed against her.
Rejecting the arguments for dismissal of the PIL, the bench observed that it will examine whether there was any substance in the plea for registration of a fresh FIR under the Prevention of Corruption Act. It admitted the PIL and posted it for final hearing.
The CBI, in its counter affidavit to a writ petition filed by Kamlesh Verma seeking a direction for filing fresh FIR in the DA case for the period 1997 to 2003, said the apex court after examining all the records had quashed the FIR filed earlier.
