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The case dates back to August 2008, when a packet containing Rs 15 lakh was mistakenly delivered to the official residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, another sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
A special CBI court in Chandigarh on Saturday, March 29, acquitted former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice Nirmal Yadav in connection with a corruption case registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
CBI Special Judge Alka Malik delivered the verdict today.
The instant case originated in August 2008, when a bag containing Rs 15 lakh was mistakenly delivered to the official residence of Justice Nirmaljit Kaur, another sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana High Court.
The matter was then reported to the Chandigarh Police by Justice Kaur’s peon. The police then registered a First Information Report (FIR).
However, the matter was later transferred to the Central Bureau of Investigation by the Administrator of the Union Territory, General S.F. Rodrigues (Retd.), which led to the registration of a fresh FIR in 2008.
During the investigation, the prosecution stated that the packet containing Rs 15 lakh was intended to be delivered to Justice Nirmal Yadav’s residence, but due to the similarity in names, it was wrongly delivered to Justice Nirmaljit Kaur’s residence instead.
Subsequently, in January 2009, the CBI sought permission to prosecute Justice Nirmal Yadav. The same was granted by the Punjab and Haryana High Court in November 2010. Justice Yadav then challenged the CBI’s move; however, she failed to get any relief.
In March 2011, then-President Pratibha Patil approved the prosecution sanction and the CBI filed a chargesheet the same month.
Following this, Justice Yadav had moved the Punjab and Haryana High Court seeking directions to quash the proceedings against her but did not get any relief.
Aggrieved by this, Justice Yadav then moved the Supreme Court. However, the apex court dismissed her plea and stated that Yadav was using delaying tactics to stall the trial court proceedings against her.
On July 31, 2013, the trial court had ordered the framing of charges against Yadav and others under Section 11 of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
Case Title: Central Bureau of Investigation v Sanjiv Bansal & Ors
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