Cash at judge’s door’:
CBI wants more time for filing charge-sheet High Court judge was allegedly sent money by a Delhi-based hotelier Judge Nirmaljit Kaur filed a police complaint that she was delivered Rs.15 lakh cash at her residence Probes ordered by CJI & CBI reportedly concluded that the money was meant for Justice Nirmal Yadav Chandigarh: Seeking more time, the Central Bureau of Investigation did not file a charge-sheet in the special court here on Saturday against a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the “cash at judge’s door” scandal following which the case was adjourned to February 10. The agency did not file the charge-sheet in the court of CBI Judge Jagdeep Jain against Justice Nirmal Yadav, who was allegedly sent money by a Delhi-based hotelier, and sought some more time. Meanwhile, the defence counsel of two other persons named in the case, former Haryana Additional Advocate-General Sanjiv Bansal and Parkash Ram, moved an application in the court seeking release of documents and material seized at the time of their arrest last year. The case relates to a police complaint filed by sitting Punjab and Haryana Judge Nirmaljit Kaur after Rs.15 lakh cash was delivered at her residence allegedly routed by Bansal via Parkash at the behest of Delhi hotelier Ravinder Singh. Following the complaint, two separate investigations were instituted, one by a three-judge committee set up by the Chief Justice of India and another by the CBI. Both probes had reportedly concluded that the money was meant for Justice Yadav although delivered at Justice Kaur’s residence. In its investigation report submitted to the Supreme Court and the Centre on January 23, the CBI had recommended prosecution of Justice Yadav. – PTI
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