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Mahua Moitra Moves Delhi HC Against Lokpal’s Sanction Order In Cash-For-Query Case | India News

Mahua Moitra Moves Delhi HC Against Lokpal’s Sanction Order In Cash-For-Query Case | India News

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Last Updated:November 17, 2025, 22:42 IST Mahua Moitra challenges Lokpal order in Delhi High Court after it allowed CBI to file chargesheet in cash-for-query case involving Darshan Hiranandani. TMC MP Mahua Moitra. (File) Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra has approached the Delhi High Court challenging the Lokpal order that allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a chargesheet against her within a month in the alleged cash-for-query case. In a November 12 full-bench decision, Lokpal invoked its powers and approved the sanction under relevant sections of the Lokpal Act for the CBI to prosecute Moitra and others. The authority asked the probe agency to file the chargesheet in court within four weeks, and also to submit a copy to the Lokpal, news agency ANI reported. The Krishnanager MP, in its petition, said that the Lokpal’s approval, communicated through a letter dated November 14, was granted without considering her defence, despite the fact that she had been asked to submit written comments and present oral arguments on the CBI’s investigation report. She alleged that …

CBI Gets Lokpal Nod To Chargesheet Mahua Moitra In ‘Cash-For-Query’ Case | India News

CBI Gets Lokpal Nod To Chargesheet Mahua Moitra In ‘Cash-For-Query’ Case | India News

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Last Updated:November 15, 2025, 23:34 IST Lokpal has allowed CBI to file a chargesheet against Mahua Moitra in the cash-for-query case involving Darshan Hiranandani. TMC MP Mahua Moitra. File pic/PTI The Lokpal has given a go-ahead to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a chargesheet against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in connection with the alleged cash-for-query case. The Lokpal has directed the probe agency to file the chargesheet within four weeks. The anti-graft body’s decision came after it held its full bench meeting on November 12 and gave a green signal to submit the chargesheet to the concerned court. It also asked the CBI to submit a copy of the chargesheet to it. “Accordingly, in exercise of powers under Section 20(7)(a) read with Section 23(1) of the Act of 2013, we accord sanction to the Investigating Agency (CBI) to file a chargesheet before the court of competent jurisdiction against the named RPS and others (DHN), within four weeks from today, and submit a copy of the same along with the documents filed …

Businessman Darshan Hiranandani ‘accused’ along with Mahua Moitra in CBI’s ‘cash-for-query’ FIR | India News

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The FIR registered by CBI Thursday against former TMC MP Mahua Moitra in connection with the alleged cash-for-query case also mentions businessman Darshan Hiranandani as an “accused”. On Saturday, multiple teams of the CBI had conducted searches at various premises linked to Moitra, across different locations in West Bengal. Moitra has been accused of accepting cash to ask questions on behalf of businessman and friend Hiranandani. In an interview to The Indian Express on October 27, Moitra admitted she gave her Parliament login and password details to Hiranandani but denied taking any cash from him, as alleged by Supreme Court advocate Jai Anant Dehadrai in his complaint to the CBI. The CBI FIR, lodged two days after the Lokpal ordered a formal investigation in the case, states, “In compliance of the order dated March 19, a regular case is registered against Moitra, the then Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha), Hiranandani, private person and unknown others…Under IPC Sections 120-B (criminal conspiracy) and several Sections of 7, 8 & 12 of PoC Act and substantive offences thereof, …

More Trouble for Mahua Moitra as CBI to File FIR Under Corruption Act; Probe Report to Lokpal in 6 Months

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The Central Bureau of investigation (CBI) is all set to register an FIR against former MP from Trinamool Congress (TMC) Mahua Moitra under the Prevention of Corruption Act for alleged quid pro quo with businessman Darshan Hiranandani. It is also likely to carry out searches at various locations connected to the former MP as part of its probe. The Lokpal has ordered CBI to register a case after prima facie finding enough ground to probe the charges against the former MP. “After careful evaluation and consideration of the entire material on record, there remains no doubt regarding the fact that the allegations levelled against the RPM, (Respondent Mahua Moitra), most of which are supported by cogent evidence, are extremely serious in nature, especially in view of the position held by her. Therefore, in our considered opinion, a deeper probe is required to establish the truth,” the Lokpal bench headed by judicial member Justice Abhilasha Kumari and Members Archana Ramasundaram and Mahender Singh said. The Lokpal order on Tuesday came after perusing the preliminary inquiry report …