SC quashes criminal proceedings against Jaffer Sharief
November 09, 2012 10:57
The Supreme Court has quashed criminal proceedings against former Union Minister C K Jaffer Sharief in an alleged corruption case.
The 80-year-old leader was accused of flouting rules to take his then private secretary B N Nagesh, stenos S M Masthan and V M Muralidharan and driver C H Samaullah to London as Union minister in 1995. The travel of the three persons had cost the exchequer Rs 7 lakh.
The CBI, which had registered an FIR in 1998 against Sharief, had filed a closure report in 2005 saying the appropriate authority had refused to accord sanction for his prosecution. The trial court had directed the CBI to place the entire investigation record before the sanctioning authority and seek fresh permission for prosecution.
The 80-year-old leader was accused of flouting rules to take his then private secretary B N Nagesh, stenos S M Masthan and V M Muralidharan and driver C H Samaullah to London as Union minister in 1995. The travel of the three persons had cost the exchequer Rs 7 lakh.
The CBI, which had registered an FIR in 1998 against Sharief, had filed a closure report in 2005 saying the appropriate authority had refused to accord sanction for his prosecution. The trial court had directed the CBI to place the entire investigation record before the sanctioning authority and seek fresh permission for prosecution.
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