பதவி நீக்கம் செய்ய கோரிய மனு; சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் சி.பி.ஐ. இயக்குனர் ரஞ்சித் சின்காவுக்கு நோட்டீசு

புதுடெல்லி புதன்கிழமை , செப்டம்பர் 10, 2014

சி.பி.ஐ. இயக்குனர் ரஞ்சித் சின்கா, 2 ஜி ஸ்பெக்டரம் ஊழல் மற்றும் நிலக்கரி சுரங்க ஒதுக்கீடு முறைகேடு ஆகிய வழக்குகளில் தொடர்புடைய சிலரை தனது அதிகாரப்பூர்வ அரசு இல்லத்தில் சந்தித்து பேசியதாக குற்றச்சாட்டு எழுந்தது.

ஊழல் வழக்குகளில் சம்பந்தப்பட்டவர்களை பொதுவாக சி.பி.ஐ. இயக்குனர் தனது அலுவலகத்தில் அதே வழக்கை விசாரித்து வரும் மற்ற அதிகாரிகளின் முன்னிலையில் சந்தித்து பேசவேண்டும் என்பது சட்ட விதியாகும்.

இந்த விதிமுறையை மீறி ஊழல் குற்றச்சாட்டில் தொடர்புடையவர்களை அவர் சந்தித்து பேசியதாக மூத்த வக்கீலும், நிலக்கரி சுரங்க ஒதுக்கீடு முறைகேடு பொது நல வழக்கில் ஆஜராகி வருபவருமான பிரசாந்த்பூஷண் குற்றம் சாட்டினார். ரஞ்சித் சின்காவின் வீட்டின் உள்ள பதிவேடுகளின் மூலம் இந்த உண்மை தெரிய வந்ததாகவும் அவர் குறிப்பிட்டார்.

இதேபோல் ஹவாலா மோசடி வழக்கில் தொடர்புடைய இறைச்சி ஏற்றுமதியாளர் மொயின் குரேஷியையும் அவர் தனது வீட்டில் சந்தித்து பேசியதாக புகார் கூறப்பட்டது.

இது தொடர்பாக சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட்டில் பிரசாந்த்பூஷண் பிரமாண பத்திரம் ஒன்றையும் தாக்கல் செய்தார். மேலும், ரஞ்சித் சின்காவை பதவி நீக்கம் செய்யவேண்டும் என்று அவர் பிரதமர் நரேந்திர மோடிக்கு கடிதமும் எழுதினார்.

பிரசாந்த் பூஷன் தொடர்ந்த வழக்கில் சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் சி.பி.ஐ இயக்குனர் ரஞ்சித் சின்காவுக்கு நோட்டீசு அனுப்ப உத்தரவிட்டது.  10 நாட்களில் பதில் மனு தாக்கல் செய்ய சின்காவுக்கு சுப்ரீம் கோர்ட் உத்தரவிட்டு உள்ளது. மேலும் வழக்கை 19-ந்தேதிக்கு ஒத்திவைத்தது. 

SC issues fresh notice to CBI director in coal scam

PTI    New Delhi   September 9, 2014 

A day after the Supreme Court issued notice to CBI director Ranjit Sinha for allegedly protecting some accused in 2G case, another bench of the apex court on Tuesday sought explanation from the top cop on similar allegations in the coal scam.

A bench headed by Chief Justice RM Lodha issued a notice to the CBI director on a plea seeking an SIT probe against him for allegedly protecting the accused in Coalgate and to keep him away from the investigation and prosecution in the multi-crore scam.

Granting 10 days time to the CBI chief to file his response to the allegations, the bench refused to pass any order for recusal of Sinha in the case.

The court posted the case for further hearing on September 19.

At the begining of the proceeding, the bench observed that an order had already been passed by another bench of the apex court against Sinha and no further order was required.

But advocate Prashant Bhushan, appearing for an NGO, which filed the application against Sinha, contended that Monday's order was on the 2G case and the court could pass another one pertaining to the coal scam.

Thereafter, the bench agreed to issue a notice to Sinha and posted the case for to the day following the hearing on the 2G scam, which is to take place on September 15.

In the application filed in the court, NGO Common Cause had referred to reports about the entry register at Sinha's residence containing names of "influential" persons allegedly involved in the coal scam.

It accused him of scuttling the probe in the "high magnitude" coal scam case in which 20 FIRs for offences of corruption, cheating and criminal conspiracy have been lodged and two charge sheets filed in the trial court.

On Monday, another bench of the apex court - headed by Justice HL Dattu - which is monitoring the 2G scam case, had directed Sinha to come out in "black and white" on averments made against him for allegedly entertaining scam-tainted visitors at his official residence here, saying that it is a "serious" issue.

The application filed by the NGO had referred to the alleged instances that "enumerate the instances of undue interference on the part the CBI director" in the coal scam probe.

The NGO had said that a trusted whistle-blower has brought to the notice of Bhushan some significant information contained in the entry registers of the years 2013 and 2014, which were maintained at the official residence of the CBI director at 2, Janpath, New Delhi.

"Hence, in the light of these facts and circumstances, it is respectfully prayed that in public interest and in the interest of fair investigations in the case, this court may be pleased to direct that Sinha shall not interfere in coal block allocation case investigations and the prosecutions being carried out by the CBI, and shall withdraw from these cases," the application had said.

Ranjit Sinha

Aman Sharma, ET Bureau | 4 Sep, 2014, 08.00AM 

NEW DELHI: CBI Director Ranjit Sinhahas admitted meeting two senior Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) officials at his residence but claimed he had done them no favours. The CBI director, who is in the eye of a storm after activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan alleged that Sinha had met persons linked to those accused in the 2G and coal scams, in an interview with ET claimed a "deep-rooted" conspiracy was being hatched against him and expressed apprehension that he was under surveillance. Excerpts

Lawyer Prashant Bhushan plans to submit a diary to the SC which has details of visitors to your residence... Is the diary genuine?

I do not know. There are two official diaries with me. I don't know from where this third diary has emerged. In one diary, my movement is recorded as I am Z-level protectee.

In the other diary, Delhi Police officers record checks on the guards stationed there. Visitor names are never recorded in any diary. The guards at the gate only call on the intercom and check with me when a visitor is there. If such a visitor's register is maintained, there should be some signature on it - of Delhi police, CBI or the visitor. Is it there?

No! Somebody has been recording details of the visitors mischievously by sitting somewhere. So somebody has to prove the genuineness of the said diary. Who has seized this or who has sold it? I have spoken to my staff at the residence, they say they know nothing. I called for the visitor's register yesterday, there was nothing in it. I was shocked. If there was a record, someone would come to me and show it, get my signatures. Somebody is keeping watch on me...some person is sitting outside and writing as some names in the said diary are actually of the people who have met me.

The main allegation is that two senior officials of Reliance Group met you...

Yes, I have met them! Certainly! I know them for the last 30 years, so what? I have met them, I do not deny that. Meeting anyone is not banned. A team of industrialists is accompanying the prime minister to Japan. The question is whether I have shown any favours. The controversy is about that. Where is the favour?

The allegation is that you also wrote to 2G Special Prosecutor UU Lalit to allegedly weaken the case against Reliance Group...

Yes, I had written to Mr Lalit. So what? Did it favour them? Nothing happened on it. Whatever I have written was already on record earlier. I did not invent anything.

But why should the CBI director meet people close to the accused or accused themselves?

Meeting people who have a grievance against officers of CBI is part of my duty. Why should I not meet them? Are they terrorists? They come and complain about the investigation being done. Where else will they go? Even during the investigation we meet many people. It is my duty to hear people and redress their grievances. They come and tell me that there has been injustice against them, please do something. I look into the matter, speak to the investigating officer and joint director to know the progress of the case. Do you want me to isolate myself from everybody and live in my ivory tower? Many other people who meet me are my sources of information. I have an office at my residence. Should I live in isolation? You should appreciate that I am available and accessible.

Why are you being snooped upon, as you alleged, or being targeted? Who is behind this?

I do not know...if this is corporate warfare and someone has personal enmity against me, I do not know. This is intrusion into my personal life. It is shocking. This is character assassination. What are the people behind this planning to do? It is a deep-rooted conspiracy against me.