Justice Nirmal Yadav summoned by court

Issuance of notices means that the court has finally decided to take cognizance of the chargesheet filed by the CBI indicting Justice Yadav in the case.

Till now the fate of the chargesheet filed by the CBI was hanging fire. The accused will now address arguments over the issue as to whether charges are to be framed against them or not.

Since all the co-accused,including hotelier Ravinder Singh,have been appearing in person,the court refrained from issuing separate notices to them and instructed their lawyers to ensure that the co-accused remain present.

Terming it as “defective and incomplete”,defence counsels today raised eyebrows over the legal validity of the chargesheet filed by the CBI. Appearing in person,Sanjeev Bansal,co-accused and former Additional Advocate General,Haryana,Saturday contended that the CBI has not filed the chargesheet “in accordance with the CBI manual”.

Bansal averred that the CBI has also failed to comply with the court’s directions which had asked CBI to produce evidence to corroborate Section 11 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

As per the CBI manual,the investigating officer has to first submit his investigation report followed by comments by the special public prosecutor.