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The Delhi High Court connected Tuesday (November 18, 2025) posted for November 21, proceeding connected a plea by Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra challenging the Lokpal granting authorisation to the Central Bureau of Investigation to record a chargesheet against her successful the alleged cash-for-query scam.
Ms. Moitra, successful her plea, has sought the mounting speech of the November 12 bid of the Lokpal of India, 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.
“The Lokpal not lone has the powerfulness to nonstop filing of a closure study nether Section 20(7)(a) of the Lokpal Act, but has a work to reasonably see the defence of the RPS (respondent nationalist servant) astatine this signifier itself truthful that a just and reasoned determination is taken connected whether the lawsuit necessitates the filing of a chargesheet oregon a closure report,” the Lok Sabha MP said successful her petition.
Ms Moitra has besides sought a enactment connected the authorisation order.
She has besides sought to restrain CBI from taking immoderate steps successful furtherance of the authorisation order, including but not constricted to filing immoderate chargesheet during the pendency of the contiguous proceedings.
The CBI, successful July, submitted its study to the Lokpal successful transportation with the alleged cash-for-query scam lawsuit involving the Trinamool Congress (TMC) person and businessman Darshan Hiranandani.
The bureau had registered an FIR connected March 21, 2024, against the 2 nether provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act connected a notation from the Lokpal.
