Plea in court for FIR, CBI probe against Vasundhara, son

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday took up for hearing a plea, seeking the lodging of an FIR and a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje and her son for allegedly obtaining compensation of Rs 1.97 crore by selling a piece of government land to NHAI for widening of a national highway in 2010.

The petition also challenged an April 18 decision of a special CBI court, refusing to order a probe into the allegation against Raje and her son, saying that no prior sanction had been obtained as required under the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act. Justice PS Teji directed the prosecution counsel to place before him the order passed by the special CBI judge as well as the notification by which the court was set up. He listed the matter for further hearing on October 8.

The special CBI judge had dismissed the private complaint by a Rajasthan-based lawyer, saying there was no sanction order to prosecute them under the PC Act.