The CBI sought more time from a trial court here to file a chargesheet against a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the 'cash-at-judge door' case.
The CBI on Saturday sought more time from a trial court here to file a chargesheet against a judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court in the 'cash-at-judge door' case.
Special CBI Judge Jagdeep Jain fixed February ten as the next date of hearing.
The case relates to delivery of Rs 15 lakh cash at the residence of Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Nirmaljit Kaur in August last year who filed a police complaint stating that the money was allegedly routed by former Haryana additional advocate general Sanjiv Bansal through a courier Parkash Ram at the behest of Delhi-hotelier Ravinder Singh.
Following the complaint, two separate investigations were instituted, one by a three-judge committee set up by the chief justice of India and another by the CBI. Both probes had concluded that the money was actually meant for another Punjab and Haryana judge Nirmal Yadav although delivered at justice Kaur's residence.
In its investigation report submitted to the Supreme Court and the centre on January 23, the CBI had recommended prosecution of justice Yadav.
The three-judge committee comprising chief justices Hemant Laxman Gokhale of the Allahabad High Court and K S Radhakrishnan of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court and Delhi High Court judge Madan B Lokur, which submitted its report to the CJI on December 12 last year, had also indicted justice Yadav.
In the light of the report, the CJI K G Balakrishnan had served a show cause notice on justice Yadav asking her to explain why action should not be taken against her for alleged involvement in the scandal.
Justice Yadav has since sent two replies to the show cause denying her involvement and claiming that the three-judge
committee had ignored available evidence.
In addition to the three-judge committee's probe, the separate CBI probe was ordered by Punjab governor S F Rodrigues in consultation with Punjab and Haryana High Court chief justice Tirath Singh Thakur.
Following the allegations, justice Yadav had been sent on leave and is yet to join work.
Meanwhile, the defence counsel of the two other persons named in the case, Bansal and Ram, moved an application seeking release of documents and materials seized at the time of their arrest last year.
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