Land-for-jobs case: Delhi HC notice on Lalu Yadav, Rabri Devi plea over ‘unrelied’ documents
The Delhi high court on Monday issued notice in a petition filed by Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief Lalu Prasad and his wife Rabri Devi, challenging a trial court order that denied their request for access to “unrelied documents” in the land-for-jobs case. The bench fixed April 1 as the next date of hearing. (HT file photo) A bench of justice Manoj Jain, asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its response in the petition challenging the trial court’s March 18 order and fixed April 1 as the next date of hearing. The trial court on March 18, had rejected their request observing that the “self-serving” prayer was a “ruse” to delay the trial. The court in its 35-page order had said the accused hadn’t persuaded the court that there were any special circumstances to permit production of any document prior to the stage of defence evidence. “Unrelied documents” refer to documents that are seized by police during the investigation, but not relied upon before the commencement of the trial, usually because they do …
