Chandigarh: The much-publicised "cash-at-
judge's door scam" appears set for a burial with the CBI
seeking closure of the case before a court here.
The Delhi branch of the probe agency filed an FIR
cancellation report on Friday before District and Sessions
Judge KK Garg who has transferred it to the CBI special
court, official sources said here Sunday.
The special court will hear the matter on December 24,
they said.
The CBI has taken the step after failure to get sanction
from the Chief Justice of India to launch prosecution in the
case, the sources said.
The case had rocked the Punjab and Haryana High Court
after Rs 15 lakh in cash was "wrongly delivered" at the
residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur on August 13, 2008
following which she reported the matter to the police.
The money was allegedly delivered by Parkash Ram, a clerk
of former Haryana Additional Advocate General Sanjeev Bansal,
the prime accused in the case.
The police had registered an FIR on August 16 and the
case was handed over to the CBI on August 28, 2008.
Another judge of Punjab and Haryana High Court, Justice
Nirmal Yadav had denied the allegation that the money was
meant for her.
Justice Yadav had proceeded on leave after the case
surfaced and had not been conducting judicial work in the High
Court.
PTI
First Published: Sunday, December 20, 2009, 14:02