New Delhi, March 24 -- Delhi HC dismisses plea by RJD chief and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav seeking quashing of CBI FIR in the alleged land-for-jobs case, saying the plea is devoid of merit. The bench of Justice Ravinder Dudeja passed the order.

The petition had challenged the FIR registered in 2022 as well as three chargesheets filed in 2022, 2023 and 2024, along with the orders by which cognisance was taken.

Yadav argued that the entire proceedings were legally invalid due to the absence of prior sanction under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

Appearing for Yadav, senior advocate Kapil Sibal submitted that the alleged acts were carried out while he was serving as Railway Minister and therefore fell withi...