New Delhi, Jan. 17 -- The Delhi high court on Friday issued notice in the petition filed by Rabri Devi, wife of Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad Yadav -- both are former Bihar chief ministers -- against the trial court's order framing charges against her in connection with a corruption case linked to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) hotels. A bench of justice Swarna Kanta Sharma asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its response in Rabri's petition against the trial court's October 13 order. It fixed January 19 as the next date of hearing, when it will also hear her son Tejaswi Yadav's petition against the same order. The trial court, on October 13, framed charges against Rabri Devi, noting that she participated in the alleged criminal conspiracy with other accused during the period, when the land parcels were purchased by M/S Delight Marketing Company Private Limited (DMPCL) from the Kochhar brothers, Vijay and Vinay Kochhar, at a price that undervalued them. The case, investigated by CBI, centres on alleged irregularities in the leasing of two IRCTC hotels - the BNR Hotels in Ranchi and Puri - to a private company, Sujata Hotels Pvt Ltd, owned by Vijay and Vinay Kochhar, during Lalu Prasad's tenure as Union railway minister. The agency alleged that the tender process was rigged to favour the Kochhars' firm in exchange for land and company shares transferred to Lalu Prasad's family at throwaway prices. According to the CBI chargesheet, between 2004 and 2014, the BNR hotels were first transferred from the Railways to the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) and subsequently leased to Sujata Hotels for operation and maintenance. The agency alleged that the tender process was manipulated to favour Sujata Hotels, resulting in a loss to the public exchequer. In alleged consideration for these contracts, a three-acre land parcel in Patna was transferred to DMPCL, later renamed Lara Projects LLP, which , CBI claims, was controlled by associates of the Yadav family. The land was purportedly sold at a price far below market value and later transferred to the names of Rabri Devi and Tejashwi Yadav. CBI has described the transactions as a classic quid pro quo, wherein public contracts were allegedly exchanged for valuable private property. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has also filed a money laundering case against Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav, and their daughter, based on CBI's findings. Rabri Dvi's petition before the high court, argued by senior advocate Maninder Singh, claimed she was neither a director nor a shareholder, not even remotely connected in any manner with M/S DMPCL, and that she had no role alleged in the land transactions....