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Supreme Court stays Jaffer Sharief's trial in graft case
Wednesday July 04, 2012 12:27:53 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: The Supreme
Court Wednesday stayed the trial of former railway minister C.K.
Jaffer Sharief in an alleged corruption case under the Prevention
of Corruption Act.
The apex court bench headed by Justice P. Sathasivam also issued
notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) seeking its
reply on the former railway minister's plea.
It gave investigating agency two weeks to file its reply.
Appearing for Sharief, senior counsel. P.P. Rao told the court
that the CBI are trying to "make mountain out of a mole hill."
In a case dating back to 1995, the former railway minister is
facing charges of misusing his office and causing loss to the
public exchequer by taking along with him his personal staff on
his visit to London for a heart operation.
The CBI had alleged that Sharief forced the managing directors of
two public sector undertakings to sanction travel for four of his
employees.
Sharief had moved the Supreme Court seeking suspension of the
court proceedings against him in the first week of May, after the
Delhi High Court took cognizance of the case and proceeded against
him. It rejected the CBI closure report in the case for want of
official sanction to prosecute him.
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