SC to hear plea against Mayawati on Monday

New Delhi, Aug 4 (UNI) The Supreme Court will hear on August 6 an application seeking directions to the CBI special judge, Lucknow, to proceed with the trial in the Taj Corridor case in which Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati is the main accused.

The applicant, Ajay Kumar Aggarwal, a Supreme Court advocate, in his application has contended that protection of Section 197 CrPC is not available to those public servants who are allegedly facing corruption charges and the Supreme Court has laid down the law in this regard in the Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal case.

The applicant has also alleged that the UP Governor has wrongly declined to grant sanction for prosecution of Mayawati and the then Environment Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui and their associates are facing allegations of pocketing over Rs 100 crore in Taj Corridor scandal.

It may be noted here that the Supreme Court had directed the CBI to place the report of investigation officer before the competent court in the case for consideration of the court to assertain whether a prima facie case of corruption is made out against Mayawati and hence the refusal of the Governor to grant sanction amount to willful disobedience of the orders of the Supreme Court.

UNI