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SC quashes CBI probe against Mayawati in
graft case
Friday July 06, 2012 11:48:14 AM,
IANS
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New Delhi: In a major
breather for Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati, the Supreme
Court Friday quashed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
probe against her in a corruption case stemming from the Taj
Corridor case and related to assets disproportionate to her
income.
Quashing the first information report (FIR), the apex court bench
headed by Justice P. Sathasivam described the filing of another
FIR against Mayawati in the disproportionate assets case as
illegal and without jurisdiction.
Slamming the CBI, the court said that in the registration of
another FIR, the investigating agency exceeded its jurisdiction
and its action was illegal.
The court said the second FIR against the former Uttar Pradesh
chief minister was unwarranted and was filed due to the lack of
understanding of the orders of the Supreme Court.
Pronouncing the judgment, Justice Sathasivam said, "Supreme Court
being the custodian of the fundamental rights could not have
ordered a roving inquiry against the petitioner (Mayawati)."
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