Coalgate: SC orders handing over of Sinha’s visitors’ diary to panel

The Supreme Court on Monday ordered handing over of original visitors’ diary of the official residence of ex-CBI director Ranjit Sinha to a court-appointed panel to probe if his meetings with accused and others led to the botching-up of investigation in coalgate cases.

The visitors’ logbook, which was lying with another Bench hearing 2G cases, be given to the panel headed by former special director CBI ML Sharma, who will have to share the contents with other probe team members only and file a report in court within 12 weeks, a three-judge Bench headed by Justice MB Lokur said. 

The Bench  further said that the stipulated 12 weeks time, granted to the court-appointed panel, would begin from the day it receives the documents.

Senior advocate Vikas Singh, appearing for Sinha, reiterated his stand that the alleged meetings alone cannot “per se” be termed objectionable as the real test would be if those meetings led to according of favours to any named accused or other persons.