No relief for Himachal CM Virbhadra Singh in DA case

The Delhi High Court on Friday dismissed Himachal Pradesh CM Virbhadra Singh's plea challenging CBI's FIR against him in disproportionate assets case.

Virbhadra and his wife Pratibha Singh have claimed in their plea that there was no order, direction or judgment by any court that had authorised the CBI to inquire, investigate or register regular cases and exercise jurisdiction in the territory of Himachal Pradesh.

Singh had already got an interim order from the Himachal Pradesh High Court on October 1, 2015 restraining CBI from arresting, interrogating or filing a charge sheet in the case without the court's permission.

Singh has sought directions from the court to quash the FIR registered against him and his wife under Sections 13(2) and 13(1)(e) of the Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 109 of IPC by the CBI on September 23, 2015 here and urged the court to summon records of the preliminary inquiry and the FIR.

OneIndia News (with inoputs from agencies)