Land-for-jobs scam: Delhi HC refuses to quash CBI case against Lalu Yadav

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed a petition moved by Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav seeking to quash the corruption case against him linked to an alleged land-for-jobs scam, Live Law reported.

The case centres on allegations that between 2004 and 2009, when Yadav was the Union railway minister, land was illegally acquired at reduced prices in exchange for appointments to Group D positions in the Indian Railways.

The Central Bureau of Investigation filed its chargesheet in the matter on October 10, 2022, naming Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi, among several others.

Yadav had filed a petition claiming that the investigations in the case were initiated without obtaining a sanction mandated under the 1988 Prevention of Corruption Act. He alleged that this illegality was also ignored by the special judge.

The former chief minister of Bihar alleged in his plea that he was being made to suffer through an “illegal, motivated investigation” in violation of his fundamental right to fair investigation.

On Tuesday, Justice Ravinder Dudeja refused to quash the first information report filed by the CBI, three chargesheets and the trial court orders taking cognisance of the chargesheets.

Dudeja held that Yadav’s plea was devoid of any merit and dismissed it.

The Central Bureau of Investigation has alleged that land parcels were transferred to Yadav’s family members,...

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