UP foodgrain scam: Apex court seeks CBI’s response
March 14th, 2012 - 8:36 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, March 14 (IANS) The Supreme Court Wednesday asked the Uttar Pradesh government and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to respond to a plea seeking lifting of curbs on a corruption case related to alleged diversion of foodgrain.
The petition sought a vacation of partial stay imposed by the court in 2011 on an order by the Allahabad High Court on the alleged scam involving Rs.2 lakh crore and revolving around diversion of foodgrain from the state to other countries.
Petitioner Vishwanath Chaturvedi in his application said that besides a large number of government and non-government entities, the scam involved leaders of the Congress and the Samajwadi Party.
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