The Patna High Court today stayed its previous order on whether or not the allegations levelled in a PIL in connection with the CAG report were a fit case to be referred to the CBI, in a major reprieve for the Nitish Kumar government.
After an almost two-day hearing on the interlocutory petition filed by the state government seeking modifications in its order dated July 15, a division bench comprising Chief Justice R M Doshit and Justice S K Katriar also stayed its directive to the CBI director and Joint Director to be present in the court on July 26.
Advocate General P K Sahi told PTI that the bench had put a stay on paragraph 18 and 19 of its July 15 order wherein both these two points were elaborated.
"It implies that there won't be any CBI inquiry," he said.
Paragraph 18 of the bench's July 15 order states, "...whether or not the allegations levelled in the writ petitions are fit to be referred for the investigation by the CBI." Subsequently, paragraph 19 mentions, "let the Director, CBI, and the Joint Director of CBI, Patna, be personally present in the court on July 26 for the purpose."
Sahi said that the court had also reserved its order on the state government's interlocutory petition seeking modifications of other observations related to the CAG report. PTI
