New Delhi, April 14 -- The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain a plea by Lalu Prasad Yadav seeking to quash the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case in the alleged land-for-jobs case, holding that objections on sanction can be raised before the trial court without impeding the proceedings. A bench of justices MM Sundresh and N Kotiswar Singh refused to intervene at this stage, granting liberty to Yadav to raise the issue of prior sanction during trial. "Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances, liberty is granted to the petitioner to raise the legal issue at the time of the trial," the court said in its order. The bench made it clear that the pendency of such legal questions cannot stall the progress of the trial. The case before the court centred on the applicability of Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, which requires prior approval before initiating an investigation into decisions taken by a public servant in discharge of official duties. The Supreme Court identified two issues - scope and applicability of Section 17A, and whether it operates retrospectively - but declined to examine them at this stage, leaving the questions open. Monday's order comes weeks after the Delhi HC dismissed Yadav's plea to quash the case. With the Supreme Court declining to entertain Yadav's plea, the trial in the case will continue, with Yadav now expected to raise his legal objections at the appropriate stage before the trial court. htc...