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Bofors case: CVC, CBI to move SC

New Delhi June 20. The Central Vigilance Commission and the Central Bureau of Investigation will file an appeal in the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court judgment setting aside the agency chargesheet against the Hinduja brothers in the Rs. 64 crore-Bofors payoff case, the CVC said today.

The Central Vigilance Commissioner, N. Vittal said, ``The High Court judgment will be challenged not only by the CVC but also by the CBI as it is based on the interpretation of the Supreme Court's December 18, 1998, Vineet Narain judgement (in the hawala case) which prescribed that the premier investigating agency inform the CVC on the progress of major cases involving public servants.''

He said in view of the Delhi High Court judgment, it had now become important to seek a clarification from the Supreme Court about its 1998 order.

According to him, the Supreme Court only suggested that in all major cases involving public servants, the CBI should inform the CVC about the progress of the case and seek its permission before filing a chargesheet.

Before dismissing the chargesheet against the Hinduja brothers, Justice R.S. Sodhi in his June 10 judgment had said that the CBI flouted the prescription of the judgment in the Vineet Narain case by not seeking the permission of the CVC before filing the chargesheet against the three Hinduja brothers. He also observed that the CVC did not bother to notice the error. — UNI

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