No sanction by Governor: THC case hearing adjourned till May 23

Lucknow, May 15 (UNI) In a breather to Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati, a local court today adjourned till May 23 the hearing into the Taj Heritage Corridor (THC) case in which she is an accused.

As the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is still awaiting sanction by the Governor to prosecute Ms Mayawati, the central agency had this morning filed an adjournment application in the court of Special Judge Anti-Corruption Rehka Dikshit.

CBI sources here said the adjournment application was submitted in which the central agency had urged for an extension of the hearing.

In the application, CBI had made a plea that as the sanction against Chief Minister Mayawati for prosecution was yet to be given by Governor T V Rajeswar, they were seeking an adjournment of the case.

The special judge gave May 23 as a fresh date to hear the case.

The CBI is still awaiting the prosecution sanction against Ms Mayawati and others in the Rs 175-crore THC case.

It has been three months since the agency moved to court with its investigation report. On February 15, the court had accepted the agency's report and directed it to get the sanction of the prosecution.

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