The Supreme Court today allowed SIT and the Special Task Force of Madhya Police to file charge sheets in Vyapam scam cases till the matters are transferred to CBI. A three-judge bench of Chief Justice H L Dattu and Justices Arun Kumar Mishra and Amitava Roy fixed July 24 for further hearing of the application of CBI that the probe agencies of the state police be allowed submit be charge sheets in the scam cases.


Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Congress leader Digvijaya Singh, sought time to file a reply to the plea of the CBI.


The bench allowed it and fixed the matter for further hearing on July 24. CBI had on July 16 approached the apex court with the plea, saying that transfer of more than 185 Vyapam scam cases from SIT to CBI will take time and the state investigating agencies be allowed to file charge sheets in the cases in which the probe is complete.