Tribune News Service
New Delhi, March 25
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the CBI to respond to a plea for direction to the agency to file status report on investigation into the disproportionate assets case against Samajwadi Party leader Mulayam Singh Yadav and his sons Akhilesh and Prateek.
A Bench headed by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi asked the CBI to file an affidavit in two weeks detailing the status of its investigation into the case.
The order came on a plea by Congress leader Vishwanath Chaturvedi seeking direction to the CBI to inform the top court about the status of investigation into the case that started in 2005 with a PIL filed by him.
Chaturvedi wanted the top court to direct the CBI to prosecute Yadav, Akhilesh and his wife Dimple and Prateek under the Prevention of Corruption Act for allegedly acquiring assets more than the known sources of their income by misusing their powers. In its verdict delivered on March 1, 2007, the top court had directed CBI “to enquire into the allegations” and find out as to whether the plea with regard to disproportionate assets of the SP leaders was “correct or not”.
In 2012, the court dismissed the review petitions of Yadav and his sons against its verdict and directed the CBI to go ahead with the probe against them. However, it had allowed the review plea of Dimple and directed the CBI to drop the inquiry against her as she was not holding any public office.
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