Delhi HC upholds conviction of Chautala, son

They had been sentenced to 10-year jail term by a CBI court in the 2000 illegal teacher recruitment scam.

Indian National Lok Dal president Om Prakash Chautala.

The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld the conviction of former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son along with 53 others in the teachers recruitment scam.

They had been awarded a 10 year jail term in January 2013 by a Special CBI court.

Justice Siddharth Mridul also upheld the 10—year sentence of Sher Singh Badshami and two IAS officers Vidya Dhar and Sanjiv Kumar, saying they “vilified” the process of recruiting teachers and “marred” the exercise by “corruption“.

The judge also said that the convicts “challenged the ethical standards of other public servants” and “pressurised” others to do their bidding.

The high court also modified to two years the sentence of the remaining 50 convicts. It disposed of all the bail applications pending before it and directed them to surrender.

It also said that those who have already served their two year sentence, will be released.

(With inputs from PTI)