‘Recall order on whistle-blower’s name’
18 Oct 2014 4:21 AM IST
Claiming that no purpose will be achieved by disclosing identity of whistleblower, the Special Prosecutor Anand Grover said, ‘Since information is not relating to personal affairs of CBI director, people have right to know regarding his conduct in official capacity.’
‘The meeting of CBI director with accused in 2G case is definitely improper and it should be examined whether such acts amount to contempt of court or not,’ he added.
The prosecutor had on Wednesday filed his report before the Supreme Court on the controversy arising out of Central Bureau of Investigation director Ranjit Sinha’s residence guest list which purportedly showed that the top cop had frequent meetings with several accused in 2G and Coal blocks allocation scams.
Appearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu, prosecutor Grover submitted that two reports including one in a sealed envelope has been filed in the court.
On 22 September, the apex court had sought the assistance of the prosecutor, appointed by it for trial in 2G cases, saying that any order passed by it may have ramifications on multi-crore scam cases.
It has agreed to hear the plea of NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation which pleaded for recall of its earlier order asking it to reveal the name of the whistleblower in a sealed envelope. The court had directed that all documents, including Central Bureau of Investigation files and the visitors’ list register pertaining to the allegations against the top cop, be handed over to Grover, who will go through all the information to assist the court.
‘The meeting of CBI director with accused in 2G case is definitely improper and it should be examined whether such acts amount to contempt of court or not,’ he added.
The prosecutor had on Wednesday filed his report before the Supreme Court on the controversy arising out of Central Bureau of Investigation director Ranjit Sinha’s residence guest list which purportedly showed that the top cop had frequent meetings with several accused in 2G and Coal blocks allocation scams.
Appearing before a bench headed by Chief Justice HL Dattu, prosecutor Grover submitted that two reports including one in a sealed envelope has been filed in the court.
On 22 September, the apex court had sought the assistance of the prosecutor, appointed by it for trial in 2G cases, saying that any order passed by it may have ramifications on multi-crore scam cases.
It has agreed to hear the plea of NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation which pleaded for recall of its earlier order asking it to reveal the name of the whistleblower in a sealed envelope. The court had directed that all documents, including Central Bureau of Investigation files and the visitors’ list register pertaining to the allegations against the top cop, be handed over to Grover, who will go through all the information to assist the court.
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