Maya assets case: CBI won’t file review plea

In a relief for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister and BSP leader Mayawati,the CBI has decided not to challenge the Supreme Court order quashing the alleged disproportionate assets case against her. The CBI has decided not to file a review petition after receiving legal opinion from its Directorate of Prosecution.

On July 6,the apex court had quashed a nine-year-long disproportionate assets case against Mayawati and pulled up the CBI for exceeding its jurisdiction by lodging an FIR against her without any direction from it. The SC had said the assets case against Mayawati was “unwarranted” and the agency proceeded against her without properly understanding its orders,which were reportedly confined to the Taj Corridor case.

A Bench of Justices P Sathasivam and Deepak Mishra said that various SC orders pertained to initiating a probe against state government officials in the scam and there was no direction to lodge another FIR “exclusively” against Mayawati.