New Delhi: In a huge relief for Bahujan Samaj Party and former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, the Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a review petition seeking review of its order quashing the disproportionate case against her. The apex court clarified that the earlier order pertaining to investigation was only with regard to Taj Corridor case and not the disproportionate case.
The two-judge bench of Chief Justice of India P Sathasivam and justice Dipak Misra criticised the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for filing an FIR against Mayawati in the disproportionate case, said her lawyer Satish Chandra Mishra.
On July 6, 2013 the court had quashed the nine-year-long disproportionate case case and pulled up CBI for lodging an FIR against her.
The apex court had said the DA case against Mayawati was "unwarranted" and that the agency proceeded against her without properly understanding its orders which were confined to Taj Corridor case relating to the release of Rs 17 crore by UP government allegedly without sanction.
The two-judge bench, which had clarified that CBI is free to probe the BSP supremo during an earlier hearing on the case, passed the order dismissing the petition.
While reserving its verdict on May 1, the bench had said that the FIR in the DA case was quashed because the CBI proceeded against her without properly understanding its orders which were confined to Taj Corridor case.
During the hearing on review petition, filed by a UP resident, the CBI was reluctant to take a stand on the issue. The review petition was filed by Kamlesh Verma who was an intervener in the case filed by Mayawati in the apex court for quashing the DA case against her. Senior advocate Shanti Bhushan, appearing for Verma, had pleaded with the court to pass order on review to bring accused to the book.
(With additional information from PTI)
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