New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati received a big respite in the Taj Corridor case when the Supreme Court dismissed an application challenging the order of UP Governor TV Rajeshwar refusing to sanction her prosecution in the case.
The order has virtually closed the case against Mayawati. The apex court had earlier directed the Chief Vigilance Commissioner to look into the matter, whose report also said that a prima facie case had been made out for her prosecution under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The petitioner, Krishan Mahajan, had contended in his application that the order of the Governor was violative of the orders of the Supreme Court which had earlier ordered Mayawati's prosecution in about Rs 175-crore scandal.
A bench, comprising Justice SB Sinha, Justice SH Kapadia and Justice DK Jain, however, dismissed the application challenging the order of the Governor.
The UP Governor had declined to allow the prosecution of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief when the CBI moved him to obtain sanction on the basis of a direction from the trial judge.
While dismissing the application on Wednesday, the SC bench said: “This court cannot hear this application as it is an environment bench... the application is dismissed.”
Earlier, the same bench had directed the CBI to place the report of the Investigating Officer (IO) of the case before the trial court, which was posed to decide on merit whether a prima facie case was made out against Mayawati.
The Centre had tried to close the case on the basis of the opinion of Attorney General Milon K Bannerjee, who had held that no case was made out for prosecution of the BSP supremo.
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