The observation of the bench of justices Bela M Trivedi and Prashant Kumar Mishra came when various petitioners on Tuesday sought to withdraw petitions challenging money laundering cases relating to the Chhattisgarh liquor scam and certain provisions of the PMLA.
Talking to the media here on Friday, the TPCC chief said, "ORR Toll Scam is a thousand times bigger than the Delhi liquor scam and that ORR has become the victim of KTR's thirst for money."
The Delhi High Court on Friday issued notice to some media houses in a petition filed by businessman Vijay Nair. He had filed a petition against the CBI over the alleged leakage of information to media in his case in February 2022.
The Supreme Court on Thursday issued notice to Enforcement Directorate on a plea challenging the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in liquor irregularities matter in Chhattisgarh.
Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel is scared of being exposed before the public and therefore, he is afraid about the action of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in (alleged) liquor scam, said Bharatiya Janata (BJP) incharge in Chhattisgarh Om Mathur.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) not to create an atmosphere of fear when it was apprised by the Chhattisgarh Government that several state excise department officials have been complaining of being threatened and to implicate the Chief Minister Bhupesh
Earlier, on May 12 ED arrested Arun Pati Tripathi under the provisions of PMLA 2002 in the ongoing money laundering investigation into the Liquor scam in the State of Chhattisgarh.
Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested the special secretary of the excise department and head of Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corporation Limited (CSMCL) Arun Pati Tripathi in connection with the alleged liquor scam.