New Delhi, May 05: Counsel for Hinduja brothers, Ram Jethmalani, today submitted in the Supreme Court that the Bofors payoff case against his clients was nothing but a "persecution" undertaken by the government for political gains. Arguing in support of the Delhi High Court judgement quashing a chargesheet against Hindujas, Jethmalani contended that all the public servants arraigned as accused in the case were dead.
The jury comprised Justice S Rajendra Babu and Justice G P Mathur.
The argument was part of hearings on an appeal filed by CBI challenging the high court verdict last year quashing the chargesheet against the Hindujas on the ground that CBI had not taken the mandatory clearance from Central Vigilance Commision as envisaged by the apex court in the Vineet Narain case.

Jethmalani argued that the Hindujas were being harassed only to draw political mileage and showed to the court that BJP in its election manifesto in 1999 had made a point to vigorously pursue the 12-year-old corruption case.


He said that if the BJP was so concerned about corruption why did it not take up the corruption cases that were pending for more than 12 years in the courts.
Bureau Report