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The Delhi High Court connected Friday (December 19, 2025) quashed a Lokpal bid granting authorisation to the CBI to record a charge-sheet against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra successful the alleged cash-for-query row.
A seat of Justice Anil Kshetarpal and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar said, “The (Lokpal) bid is acceptable aside. We person requested the Lokpal to accord information for assistance of authorisation nether Section 20 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act successful accordance with the applicable provisions wrong 1 month”.
The cash-for-query scam relates to the allegation that Ms. Moitra had asked questions successful the House successful speech for currency and gifts from a businessman.
Ms. Moitra, successful her plea, has sought the mounting speech of the November 12 bid of the Lokpal by which authorisation was granted to the CBI, claiming that it was erroneous, against the provisions of the Lokpal Act, and a gross usurpation of principles of earthy justice.
The plea alleged that arguments and submissions were invited from her and past wholly ignored earlier issuing the authorisation bid nether the Lokpal Act, connected the crushed that they were premature and would beryllium considered astatine a consequent stage.
It said the authorisation bid reduced the relation of the Lokpal to simply “rubber-stamping of the probe report”, without considering immoderate defence whatsoever being offered by Moitra and granting authorisation to record a complaint sheet.
The CBI had contended that Ms. Moitra has nary close to nutrient documents successful the Lokpal’s proceedings and she is lone entitled to springiness comments and not adjacent an oral hearing.
