SC verdict on PIL against Lalu on Monday

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court will pronounce its judgement on the PIL challenging of the appointment of a special judge on Monday,

The special judge was appointed to try and disproportionate the assets case filed against RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi.

A bench comprising of Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justice A R Lakshmanan and Justice S H Kapadia will deliver its verdict on the PIL filed by senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi and JD(U) leader Rajeev Ranjan Singh Lallan, in which they have challenged the quashing of income tax cases against the Railway Minister and his wife.

Besides, they have sought cancellation of their bail, contending that they have not adhered to the conditions imposed by the apex court.

In the PIL, the NDA leaders have questioned the appointment of additional district judge Munni Lal Paswan as special CBI judge to try the disproportionate assets case, an offshoot of the fodder case involving Prasad and Rabri Devi.

Senior advocate Ram Jethmalani, appearing for Prasad and his wife, had contended that the PIL was not maintainable as it was politically motivated, and if the appointment of Paswan as special judge to try the case was quashed, it would set a wrong precedent as aspertions would be cast on the judge in all sensitive cases.