The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the plea of Ranjit Sinha not to allow the court-appointed panel access to the alleged original visitors’ diary of his official residence during his tenure as CBI Director. A bench of Justices Madan B Lokur, Kurian Joseph and A K Sikri stood by its September 30 order through which the plea of former CBI Special Director M L Sharma, seeking original visitors’ diary of Sinha’s official residence, was sent to the bench headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu.
The bench, headed by the CJI which hears 2G scam cases, had then ordered <g data-gr-id="19">sealing</g> of the visitors’ diary. Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for the former CBI Director, <g data-gr-id="18">said</g> “the diary, all along, has been denied and it should not be given to the inquiry committee.” He said the court-appointed inquiry panel led by Sharma should “look into” all registered cases (RCs) and find out whether Sinha had favoured anybody with whom he had the alleged meetings. “This amounts to wild goose chase,” he said, adding that the ultimate purpose was to see whether the then CBI chief had favoured anybody or not. “I am open to all kind of scrutiny of RCs”. He also alleged that the entries in the diary cannot be assumed to be correct and Sinha be allowed to dispute entries as some of them relate to the days when he was not even present in Delhi.