In a big setback to Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD)…
Lalu Prasad Yadav (PHOTO: Facebook)
In a big setback to Lalu Prasad Yadav, the Supreme Court on Monday ruled that the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief and other accused will face separate trials for each case in the Rs. 900 crore fodder scam.
The apex court, while setting aside the 2014 order which had stayed the trial against Yadav after conviction in one of the cases, said the high court should have been consistent in its findings and not have given different views for different sets of accused in a case.
It also pulled up the CBI for delay in filing appeal against the high court order in the case and said the probe agency's director should have looked into this important matter and deputed an officer to pursue the case.
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Earlier on April 20, the apex court had also reserved its judgment in the case and asked all parties concerned to give their submissions within a week.
The CBI had filed a plea in the apex court against the dropping of a conspiracy charge against Lalu Prasad by the Jharkhand High Court in one of the fodder scam cases.
According to reports, in 2014, the Jharkhand High Court had given relief to Lalu by dropping charges of criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust and prevention of corruption.
The former chief minister of Bihar had been charged in several cases related to the scam, in which Rs. 900 crores were embezzled from the state exchequer for fictitious medicines and fodder for cattle over a period of 20 years. The matter came to light in 1996.
(With inputs from agencies)
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