CURIOUS CASE of CBI Timing

Government often uses the agency to settle scores

TAJ CORRIDOR CASE Rs 175 crore

CASE REGISTERED

2003

Supreme Court directed CBI to probe into Mayawati’s 2002 project. CBI charged her with embezzlement. Three

PILs were filed but the governor didn’t allow her to be prosecuted.

STATUS Case is in cold storage.

JAYALALITHAA GIFT CASE Rs 3 crore

CASE REGISTERED

1996

J. Jayalalithaa received a donation of Rs 3 crore from abroad and showed it in her 1992- 93 tax returns. P. Chidambaram, finance minister in Deve Gowda’s government, asked CBI to identify the source of donation.

STATUS The case is still on.

ASSETS CASE AGAINST MULAYAM AND FAMILY Rs 100 crore

CASE REGISTERED

2005

A petition brought to public notice properties acquired by Mulayam and his family. Supreme Court in February 2009 pulled up CBI for “acting at the Centre’s behest”.

STATUS Judgment reserved.

LALU PRASAD YADAVAND RABRI DEVI ASSETS CASE Rs 46 lakh

CASE REGISTERED

2001

The couple was accused of amassing disproportionate assets between 1990 and 1997.

STATUS Acquitted by Supreme Court in April 2010.