HC bins Lalu’s plea to quash land-for-jobs FIR | India News

HC bins Lalu’s plea to quash land-for-jobs FIR | India News


HC bins Lalu's plea to quash land-for-jobs FIR

NEW DELHI: In a setback for RJD chief and former railway minister Lalu Prasad, Delhi HC on Tuesday refused to quash a CBI case in the alleged land-for-railway-jobs scam involving him and his family.Justice Ravinder Dudeja rejected Lalu’s argument that the FIR under Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act was unsustainable as the legislation was introduced in 2018 whereas the allegations date to 2004-2009.The case pertains to the alleged transfer of land parcels at cheap rates to Lalu and his family in return for appointments in the railways he was the railway minister. tnn



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