CBI may file another perjury case

CBI will file another case of perjury for alleged malicious, deliberate and intentional false statements made before the Supreme Court in connection with the agency's probe into the coal scam.
"CBI on the basis of legal advice has decided to file one more case of perjury in the coal scam case for malicious, deliberate and intentional false statements made in a sworn affidavit before the apex court," a CBI spokesperson said.
Though the spokesperson did not mention against whom the case will be filed, apparently the agency is likely to file the case against the office-bearers of NGO Common Cause.

The NGO has sought the court's directives to keep CBI Director Ranjit Sinha out of the investigation process following allegations of his questionable meetings with representatives of accused companies.
CBI had yesterday moved a similar application before the Supreme Court for lodging a case of perjury against eminent lawyer Kamini Jaiswal for allegedly making "deliberate and intentional false statements on oath" relating to investigations into the 2G spectrum allocation scam.
In an application filed in the court, NGO Common Cause referred to reports about the entry register at the CBI director's residence containing names of "influential" persons allegedly involved in the coal scam.

It accused him of scuttling the probe in the "high magnitude" cases in which 20 FIRs for offences of corruption, cheating, and criminal conspiracy have been lodged and two charge sheets placed in trial court.

The NGO had alleged the entry register, which it filed in a sealed envelope along with the application, suggest that influential people named in coal scam, 2G cases and 4G scandal met Sinha and "many of the meetings were held late at night".
The application also referred to the SC orders to keep the probe free from any interference and to the changing of the status reports at the instance of political executive.

The NGO had said it was filing the application in the context of the "extraordinary developments" that have recently come to light.
It had claimed there are "incontrovertible" facts in the public domain which lead to the "inescapable conclusion" that it is necessary to remove Sinha from the case for ensuring fair and impartial investigations.