Coal scam: Court directs CVC to clarify stand on closure report
23 Sept 2015 6:44 AM IST
The court’s direction came after CVC Director Rashmi Sinha, who appeared before it, said the commission has sought comments from the Ministry of Coal (MoC) regarding the agency’s closure report in the matter in which an FIR was lodged on the basis of CVC’s reference.
During the hearing, Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar told Sinha that the court had issued <g data-gr-id="32">notice</g> to CVC Director to know the stand of commission as an institution on the issue. “As per the Supreme Court directive, CVC has <g data-gr-id="30">supervisory</g> role over CBI and all the FIRs in coal scam cases have been registered on the <g data-gr-id="20">recomendation</g> of CVC.
“Primary objective of issuing notice to CVC director is to know whether the institution (CVC) has anything to say on the closure report filed by CBI and whether CVC can be of any help to this court in considering the closure report,” the court said.
It further said that the law mandated the court to issue <g data-gr-id="24">notice</g> to the complainant, on whose complaint an FIR has been <g data-gr-id="26">registered,</g> if the probe agency files <g data-gr-id="25">closure</g> report.
“I have not called you (CVC Director) in your personal capacity. If you have to say something you
can say...As an institution, you will have to clarify your stand,” the judge said.
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