A Supreme Court Bench headed by Chief Justice R.M. Lodha on Tuesday issued notice to CBI Director Ranjit Sinha on a plea seeking an SIT probe against him for allegedly protecting the accused in coal scam and to keep him away from the investigation and prosecution in the multi-crore scam.
Granting 10 days time to him to file his response to the allegations, the Bench, however, refused to pass any order for recusal of Mr. Sinha in the case.
The court posted the case for further hearing on September 19.
In the application filed in the court, NGO Common Cause had referred to reports about the entry register at Mr. Sinha’s residence containing names of “influential” persons allegedly involved in the coal scam.
It accused him of scuttling the probe in the “high magnitude” coal scam case, in which 20 FIRs for offences of corruption, cheating and criminal conspiracy have been lodged and two charge sheets filed in the trial court.
