Showing posts with label Cash for Vote Scam. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cash for Vote Scam. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Court seeks probe status report in cash-for-votes scam

The Supreme Court on Monday, issued notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner, seeking a status report on the investigation conducted thus far in respect of the First Information Report filed in the cash-for-votes scam.A Bench of Justices Aftab Alam and R.M. Lodha also issued notice to the Centre on a writ petition filed by the then former Chief Election Commissioner, J.M. Lyngdoh, and 13 others, under the banner of India Rejuvenation Initiative, for a directive to set up a special investigation team to probe the scam as revealed in the article published, based on U.S. Embassy cables accessed through WikiLeaks.