SC stays HC order on Lokpal sanction to CBI in Moitra case
New Delhi, March 14 -- The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Delhi High Court order directing the Lokpal to grant sanction within two months to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for filing a charge sheet against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra in an alleged cash-for-query case.
The order was passed on a petition filed by the Lokpal challenging two judgments of the high court -- the December 19, 2025 decision permitting Lokpal to grant sanction within a month followed by another order of January 23 extending this time by two months.
The anti-corruption ombudsman, in its petition, said that while the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013 provides sanction to be granted at two stages -- first at the stage of filing of charge sheet und...
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