HC Withdraws Case Set for Verdict from Judge

When the case was taken up on May 12, senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, who appeared for the builder, objected to the development

- Surender Sharma

CHANDIGARH: A high-profile corruption case involving a Gurugram builder was withdrawn from a sitting judge of the Punjab and Haryana high court after the chief justice received "oral and written" complaints, the court said in an order on Friday.

A petition by real estate firm M3M's director, Roop Bansal, had sought to quash a first information report filed by the Haryana anti-corruption bureau against former special Central Bureau of Investigation court judge, Sudhir Parmar, his nephew and M3M official Ajay Parmar, and himself.

The petition was being heard by Justice Mahabir Singh Sindhu, who reserved judgment on May 2. But on May 8-9, Chief Justice Sheel Nagu received some "oral and written complaints".

The next day, he withdrew the case from Justice Sindhu's bench and listed it before himself. When the case was taken up on May 12, senior advocate Mukul Rohtagi, who appeared for the builder, objected to the development.

On Friday, the chief justice rejected Rohatgi's arguments, and listed the case for further hearing on May 26.