SC seeks response of UP Govt in Ghaziabad GPF Scam case

The Supreme Court asked the Uttar Pradesh government to inform the court within two weeks whether it is agreeable to a CBI inquiry in the Rs 7 crore Ghaziabad district court GPF scam in which 36 judges, including a sitting Supreme Court judge, have been named as beneficiaries. A bench, comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, V S Sirpurkar and G S Singhvi, decided to seek the response of the state government on the issue as the consent of the state government was necessary for ordering a CBI probe. The directions were issued today during the hearing of three petitions filed by former union law minister and senior advocate Shanti Bhushan, Ghaziabad District Courts Bar Association and Transparency International, seeking a CBI probe into the scandal in which Rs 7 crore were fraudulently siphoned off from the GPF fund during the period of 2002-2007. According to District Bar Association, Rs 23 crore were siphoned off and not of Rs 7 crore as alleged in the FIR.

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