Vigilance panel urged to monitor CBI probe

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court yesterday directed the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to examine the status of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) investigation into the alleged land scam in Kandla Port.

Asking the CVC to study the CBI probe, a division bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw issued notice to the CVC and sought a reply within two weeks. The matter is listed for May 8.

An NGO, the Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), has alleged a huge land scandal for the past 40 years in the allotment of 16,000 acres of government land near Kandla Port in Gujarat, causing a huge loss to the national exchequer.

Advocate Prashant Bhushan, filing a fresh application in the case on behalf of CPIL, demanded the CVC monitor the CBI investigation. He said: "The CVC must be directed to oversee the CBI investigation that has been conducted so far."