CHANDIGARH: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday filed a charge sheet in the much talked about cash-in-bag scam case against Justice Nirmal Yadav on the day she was to retire from the Uttarakhand High Court.
The scam had surfaced in 2008 when Justice Yadav was serving as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court here.
The charge sheet was filed in the designated CBI Court here under Sections 11 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code besides destruction of evidence. The matter will now come up for hearing on April 6.
The President had accorded sanction to prosecute Justice Yadav earlier this week. The CBI, which had investigated the case, had filed a closure report in December 2009 on the basis of “denial of prosecution sanction”.
The designated court had refused to accept the report and the premier investigative agency had sought sanction to prosecute the judge.
The matter had come to notice when a bag containing Rs. 15 lakh in cash was “mistakenly delivered” at the residence of another judge.
The CBI had found that the “cash” was meant for Justice Yadav purportedly to purchase land at Solan in Himachal Pradesh.
The scam had surfaced in 2008 when Justice Yadav was serving as a Judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court here.
The charge sheet was filed in the designated CBI Court here under Sections 11 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, Section 120B of the Indian Penal Code besides destruction of evidence. The matter will now come up for hearing on April 6.
The President had accorded sanction to prosecute Justice Yadav earlier this week. The CBI, which had investigated the case, had filed a closure report in December 2009 on the basis of “denial of prosecution sanction”.
The designated court had refused to accept the report and the premier investigative agency had sought sanction to prosecute the judge.
The matter had come to notice when a bag containing Rs. 15 lakh in cash was “mistakenly delivered” at the residence of another judge.
The CBI had found that the “cash” was meant for Justice Yadav purportedly to purchase land at Solan in Himachal Pradesh.
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