New Delhi, July, 3 (UNI) A Delhi Court on Monday adjourned the proceedings in the CBI, ED case against Delhi’s Former Health minister Satyendar Jain to
August 7.
Special Judge(MPs/MLAs cases) Vikas Dhull after hearing in CBI case said, ” Order dated June 9 received from the Ld. Principal District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge(PC Act)(CBI), RADC, New Delhi and as per the same, proceedings before this court have been stayed till July 31.
The judge said the case would now be put up on August 7 for further proceedings.
The Special Judge after the hearing in ED case said, ” Despite the opposition made by the Ld. SPP for ED, this court is of the view that matter is required to be adjourned on any date after July 31 in the light of transfer application filed and having regard to the fact that in the predicate offence, the Ld. Principal District & Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge(PC Act) (CBI), RADC, New Delhi has stayed the proceedings till July 31. In the facts, matter is adjourned for further proceedings to August 7″.
Counsel on behalf of Satyendar Jain submitted that his transfer application has been adjourned to July 31. Accordingly, adjournment has been prayed for any date after July 31.
N.K. Matta, Special Public Prosecutor for Enforcement Directorate opposed the adjournment on the ground that there is no stay granted by the court of Ld. Principal District & Sessions Judge-cum- Special Judge, New Delhi and
adjournments are being sought by the defendent on one pretext or the other. Accordingly matter be proceeded with, as per law.
Satyendar Jain has moved an application before Presiding Officer Vinay Kumar Gupta, Principal District and Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge(CBI), Rouse Avenue District Court, New Delhi seeking transfer of his case to another judge and the same has been adjourned for July, 31.
Jain had moved an application under section 408 of Criminal Procedure Code(Cr.P.C.) by seeking the transfer of two cases registered against him by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to another judge.
ED has earlier moved an application to transfer the case to another judge.
The Principal District-cum-Sessions Judge had transferred the case from Special Judge Geetanjli Goel to Special Judge Vikas Dhull.
CBI has registered a First Information Report (FIR) for disproportionate assets against Jain in 2017. On the base of CBI’s FIR, Enforcement Directorate registered an ECIR against Jain and accused him of having laundered money through four companies allegedly linked to him and where he was holding shares while amassing disproportionate income.
