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Relief for Mayawati in Taj Corridor case
Monday November 05, 2012 03:17:09 PM,
IANS
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Lucknow: In a breather
for former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Mayawati, the Lucknow
bench of the Allahabad High Court Monday dismissed a public suit
seeking her prosecution in the Taj Corridor case.
The court ruled that the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and her
close aide and former PWD minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui would not
be tried.
Briefing the media, BSP general secretary and Mayawati's counsel
S.C. Mishra said the suit was "dismissed on ground that it was
non-maintainable".
He said the suit was "malafide" as it was filed on the eve of the
2009 Lok Sabha polls.
Mayawati, when in office 10 years ago, was alleged to have
embezzled Rs. 17 crore in a project that aimed to develop the area
around the Taj Mahal.
Petioner Prince Lenin said he would explore the option of moving
the Supreme Court.
The petitioner's counsel, S.C. Pandey, told IANS that the
judgement was deeply disappointing.
The case was being pursued by the Central Bureau of Investigation
(CBI) on the directions of the Supreme Court, but had to be
suspended after the refusal of then governor T.V. Rajeshwar to
sanction Mayawati's prosecution.
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