New Delhi, March 13 -- The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to examine the legal framework governing sanction under Section 20 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, which deals with sanction to investigating agencies to file chargesheets and initiate prosecution against public servants accused of corruption. The Court also put on hold the investigation against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in the cash-for-query case for now.
A Bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice and sought responses from Mahua Moitra, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and BJP leader Nishikant Dubey, who had first raised allegations that Moitra allegedly accepted benefits in exchange for raising questions in Parliament....