SC pulls up CBI in Mulayam case
PTI
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today pulled up CBI for acting at the behest of the centre in the disproportionate assets case against former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav.
“You (at) CBI are acting at the behest of central government and the law ministry. You are not acting on your own,” a bench comprising Justice Altmas Kabir and Justice Cyriac Joseph said.
The court’s observations came when additional solicitor general Mohan Parasaran said that the opinion of the law ministry was sought to withdraw an application filed by the CBI in which it had sought to file a report on inquiry before the apex court and not to the centre.
“You realise what you are saying. It is very unusual. It is because central government gave opinion you filed the interim application for withdrawal of the earlier application seeking to file the report on inquiry to the apex court,” the bench said.
“Why did you file the interim application on the opinion of the central government? It is incomprehensible,” the bench said.
The apex court had ordered a CBI enquiry on the alleged accumulation of disproportionate assets by Yadav, his sons – Akhilesh Prateek – and daughter-in-law Dimple, on a public interest litigation PIL by an advocate Vishwanath Chaturvedi.
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