SC to hear review petition of Mulayam Singh Yadav in disproportionate assets case tomorrow

The Supreme Court will hear tomorrow the review petitions filed by former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members in the disproportionate assets case. Mr Mulayum Singhs two sons -- Akhilesh Yadav, MP and Prateek Yadav -- and his daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav are also parties in the petition seeking a review of its ruling in the case. A bench headed by Mr Justice Altmas Kabir will also hear the application of CBI seeking to withdraw its earlier application for modification of the Supreme Court order dated March 1, 2008 directing the investigating agency to conduct a preliminary enquiry to find out if prima facie a case of corruption is made out against Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav and others. The apex court had directed the CBI to investigate the matter and submit its report to the union government, which will decide the further course of action in the case. CBI, in its application filed in December last year, had prayed to the court to do away with the direction of submitting the report to the union government and instead it should be permitted to register a regular case and proceed further in the matter in accordance with law. Earlier, the Supreme Court had severely reprimanded CBI for acting at the instance of the union government and made it clear that this court will not allow CBI to become a tool in the hands of the union government. CBI has already denied media reports that it has given a clean chit to Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav and his family members in the corruption case. The Central investigating agency is also probing how the signatures of CBI DIG Tilokma Verma were forged and a bogus report was circulated indicating that CBI has given a clean chit to the Yadavs. The order was passed by the Supreme Court on a petition filed by Congress activist Vishwanath Chaturvedi, who is also an advocate. He had alleged in his petition that the SP chief and his family members had amassed assets worth over Rs 100 crore through corrupt means during his tenure as the Chief Minister of the state. The CBI has faced the wrath of the court, the petitioner and even the review petitioner in this case. During the last hearing, even the union government distanced itself from CBI. The application by the CBI seeking modification of the Courts order had created an impression that the UPA government wanted to reward Mr Mulayam Singh Yadav for supporting the Manmohan Singh government during the trust vote following withdrawal of support by the Left parties on the Indo-US nuclear deal.

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