CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Vs. V C SHUKLA
LAWS(SC)-1998-3-63
SUPREME COURT OF INDIA (FROM: DELHI)
Decided on March 02,1998

CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION Appellant
VERSUS
V.C.SHUKLA Respondents





Cited Judgements :-

STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH VS. TAI NGOMDIR [LAWS(GAU)-2009-9-62] [REFERRED TO]
SHREE SHANTINATH SILK INDUSTRIES VS. COLLR. OF C. EX. [LAWS(CE)-1998-7-133] [REFERRED TO]
ARINDAM INVESTMENTS PRIVATE LIMITED VS. A.I. CHAMPDANY INDUSTRIES LIMITED [LAWS(CAL)-2015-10-70] [REFERRED]
KESHAB MONDAL VS. STATE [LAWS(CAL)-2000-7-57] [REFERRED]
AVISHEK SINGHAL VS. STATE OF WEST BENGAL [LAWS(CAL)-2024-5-104] [REFERRED TO]
PRAFULLA MUNDARI VS. STATE OF ODISHA [LAWS(ORI)-2021-11-37] [REFERRED TO]
LEO OILS AND LUBRICANTS VS. BHARAT PETROLEUM CORPORATION LTD [LAWS(MAD)-2007-12-349] [REFERRED TO]
BASANT SINGH VS. SAI MAHESH & COMPANY [LAWS(P&H)-2019-3-506] [REFERRED TO]
BAJRANG CASTINGS PVT. LTD. AND ORS. VS. COMMISSIONER, CENTRAL EXCISE & SERVICE TAX [LAWS(CE)-2015-7-3] [REFERRED TO]
MAUSHAMI AMARNATH BATABYAL VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA THROUGH ANTI CORRUPTION BUREAU WORLI MUMBAI [LAWS(BOM)-2005-8-199] [REFERRED TO]
RAJENDRA YADAV VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-1999-12-96] [REFERRED]
SHARAD YADAV VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-1999-9-67] [REFERRED]
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX VS. SYNTHETIC HYDROCARBONS [LAWS(BOM)-2015-3-126] [REFERRED TO]
K RAGHU RAM BABU VS. DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILWAY PROTECTION FORCE NEW DELHI [LAWS(APH)-2001-9-89] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF DELHI VS. DEVI LAL [LAWS(DLH)-2006-12-77] [REFERRED TO]
ALL KERALA CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS ASSOCIATION VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(KER)-2002-1-66] [REFERRED TO]
NOONE RAMESH VS. STATE OF A P [LAWS(APH)-2006-8-13] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL TUTEJA VS. STATE OF CHHATTISGARH [LAWS(CHH)-2021-10-13] [REFERRED TO]
JOHN VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2024-1-110] [REFERRED TO]
SANDEEP SINGH VS. HINDUSTAN SPIRITS LTD [LAWS(DLH)-2023-2-6] [REFERRED TO]
SUNITA RANI CHAURASIA VS. MOHINDER KAUR [LAWS(P&H)-2009-11-37] [REFERRED TO]
ROCKY BENEDIEK VS. STATE OF SIKKIM [LAWS(SIK)-2003-6-2] [REFERRED TO]
ASHOK KUMAR VS. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-I AND ORS. [LAWS(PAT)-2016-4-29] [REFERRED TO]
SATYENDRA KUMAR S/O LATE BENGALI PRASAD VS. CBI/ACB/PATNA THROUGH SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE, CBI/ACB/ PATNA, STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2018-9-86] [REFERRED TO]
NAVNEET PUBLICATIONS INDIA LIMITED VS. MUNICIPAL CORPORATION [LAWS(GJH)-2009-8-190] [REFERRED TO]
SUDHAKAR RAMKRUSHNA GANGANE VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2013-8-115] [REFERRED TO -]
R K KHANNA VS. NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [LAWS(DLH)-2003-11-27] [REFERRED TO]
NANDLAL KALABHAI PANDAV VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2009-1-150] [REFERRED TO]
RUNU GHOSH AND ORS VS. C B I [LAWS(DLH)-2011-12-479] [REFERRED]
S SHANKAR VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2006-12-136] [REFERRED TO]
RANDHIR SINGH VS. RAM KUMAR [LAWS(P&H)-2014-12-170] [REFERRED TO]
CHINNU VS. STATE, REP. BY THE INSPECTOR OF POLICE [LAWS(MAD)-2022-11-91] [REFERRED TO]
MARAN NAMA VS. STATE OF TRIPURA [LAWS(GAU)-2010-1-2] [REFERRED TO]
SHAHNAZ AYURVEDICS VS. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, [LAWS(CE)-2003-5-256] [REFERRED TO]
SHANMUGASUNDARAM VS. STATE [LAWS(MAD)-2011-7-369] [REFERRED TO]
INDIAN CHAIN PRIVATE LIMITED VS. AJIT NAIN [LAWS(CAL)-2014-7-58] [REFERRED TO]
SACHIN MAKADE VS. NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU [LAWS(DLH)-2022-12-9] [REFERRED TO]
DIWAN CHAND PRUTHI VS. C.B.I. [LAWS(DLH)-2016-2-152] [REFERRED TO]
SHIV SHAKTI STEEL TUBES VS. COMMISSIONER OF C EX , LUDHIANA [LAWS(P&H)-2007-9-179] [REFERRED]
KIRAN BALA VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2008-4-56] [REFERRED TO]
DEEPAK PANYANG VS. STATE OF ARUNACHAL PRADESH [LAWS(GAU)-2009-9-14] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF ASSAM VS. BHARAT HYDRO POWER CORPORATION LTD [LAWS(GAU)-2004-3-2] [REFERRED TO]
RATNESH VERMA VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(CAL)-2021-7-48] [REFERRED TO]
AI CHAMPDANY INDUSTRIES LTD. VS. DUNCAN INTERNATIONAL (INDIA) LIMITED [LAWS(CAL)-2023-8-212] [REFERRED TO]
AI CHAMPDANY INDUSTRIES LTD. VS. DUNCAN INTERNATIONAL (INDIA) LIMITED [LAWS(CAL)-2023-8-212] [REFERRED TO]
MADRAS CEMENTS LIMITED VS. T M T KANNAMMAL EDUCATIONAL TRUST [LAWS(MAD)-2014-11-264] [REFERRED TO]
A M R VEERAIAH VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(KAR)-2019-8-94] [REFERRED TO]
CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION VS. SMT. V.M.SARASWATHY [LAWS(KAR)-2021-12-20] [REFERRED TO]
Bhola Shankar Cold Storage Pvt LTD VS. Joint Commissioner of Income Tax [LAWS(CAL)-2004-6-63] [REFERRED TO]
GOLD DEVELOPERS PVT. LTD VS. NITISHREE INFRASTRUCTURE LTD [LAWS(DLH)-2013-9-367] [REFERRED TO]
DILIP MULANI S/O AJITSINH GOPALDAS MULANI VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(GJH)-2020-2-391] [REFERRED TO]
OLLALA KAMLAKAR LACHAIH VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2002-9-110] [REFERRED TO]
HABEEB BHAI VS. K.K. CHOUDHARI [LAWS(CHH)-2006-11-19] [REFERRED TO]
ANIL TUTEJA VS. STATION HOUSE OFFICER [LAWS(ALL)-2024-10-7] [REFERRED TO]
MANISHABEN @ MINABEN HARSURBHAI KATHI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2019-4-144] [REFERRED TO]
SANJAY RUNGTA VS. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX (APPEALS), RANCHI [LAWS(JHAR)-2014-1-14] [REFERRED TO.]
BOGGAVARAPU SUBBA RAO VS. TELAGAMSETTI VENKATA RAO [LAWS(APH)-2003-12-33] [REFERRED TO]
JETHANAND AND COMPANY VS. MOHAN AND COMPANY [LAWS(MPH)-2007-4-58] [REFERRED TO]
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX VS. SHRI GIRISH CHAUDHARY, DIRECTOR OF I.G. BUILDERS AND PROMOTERS PVT. LTD [LAWS(DLH)-2007-5-294] [REFERRED TO]
RENU KUNDRA VS. SURJIT SINGH AND ANOTHER [LAWS(P&H)-2018-1-203] [REFERRED TO]
GIRWAR SINGH AND ORS VS. C B I [LAWS(DLH)-2015-4-550] [REFERRED]
Jayadevappa K. VS. M/S. Dow Agro Sciences India (P) Ltd. [LAWS(KAR)-2011-2-84] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESHCHANDRA HARILAL VYAS VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2010-3-11] [REFERRED TO]
RAVI UDYOG PRIVATE LIMITED VS. S.G. PROJECTS LTD. [LAWS(CAL)-2016-8-78] [REFERRED TO]
SAHEBRO KALURAM BHINTADE VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2019-12-151] [REFERRED TO]
SRICHAND P HINDUJA VS. C B I [LAWS(DLH)-2005-5-177] [REFERRED TO]
JAI PRAKASH VS. DISTRICT MAGISTRATE CHANDAULI [LAWS(ALL)-2003-9-154] [REFERRED TO]
PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX VS. SHRI NARESH SINGHVI, 10A, BATHERA HOUSE COLONY, UDAIPUR [LAWS(RAJ)-2018-1-324] [REFERRED TO]
SHIEL TRADE VENTURE PRIVATE LIMITED VS. SAMSUNG INDIA ELECTRONICS PRIVATE LIMITED [LAWS(DLH)-2019-7-176] [REFERRED TO]
OM PRAKASH VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (CBI) [LAWS(DLH)-2017-9-2] [REFERRED TO]
ABHIMANYU VIRBHADRA RASURE VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2024-10-61] [REFERRED TO]
DHUP SINGH VS. PHERU [LAWS(P&H)-2014-1-92] [REFERRED TO]
NAGOOR MEERAN AND DR. NOOR JAMEELA VS. STATE INSPECTOR OF POLICE, V AND AC TIRUNELVELI [LAWS(MAD)-1999-11-103] [REFERRED TO]
DIPAKBHAI JAGDISHCHANDRA PATEL VS. STATE OF GUJARAT AND ANOTHER [LAWS(SC)-2019-4-103] [REFERRED TO]
SATISH KUMAR VS. SHANTI DEVI [LAWS(P&H)-2008-4-38] [REFERRED TO]
J.C. GILHOTRA VS. UNION TERRITORY, CHANDIGARH [LAWS(P&H)-1998-11-116] [REFERRED TO]
R.K. KHANNA VS. NEW DELHI MUNICIPAL COUNCIL [LAWS(DLH)-2002-11-176] [REFERRED TO]
KRISHNA TEXTILES VS. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX [LAWS(GJH)-2008-7-299] [REFERRED TO]
MAHABIR PRASAD RUNGTA VS. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX [LAWS(JHAR)-2013-1-220] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA VS. RAMDAS SHANKAR KURLEKAR [LAWS(BOM)-1998-8-10] [REFERRED TO]
NARMADA PRASAD RAJESH KUMAR VS. KAILASH CHAND RAMESH KUMAR [LAWS(CHH)-2020-6-52] [REFERRED TO]
PRABHAKAR MOHAN SUMANT VS. CANARA BANK [LAWS(KAR)-2010-11-40] [REFERRED TO]
NATESHA D.B., VS. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT MINISTRY OF FINANCE AND DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE [LAWS(KAR)-2025-1-17] [REFERRED TO]
STATE BANK OF INDIA VS. STATE OF ODISHA [LAWS(ORI)-2014-3-2] [REFERRED TO]
COMMON CAUSE (A REGISTERED SOCIETY) VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(SC)-2017-1-153] [REFERRED TO]
THIDDIL MOHAMMED KUNHI VS. SPECIAL DIRECTOR ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE [LAWS(KER)-2005-8-43] [REFERRED TO]
POWER CONTROL CORPORATION VS. C.C.E. & S.T. JAIPUR-I, NCR BUILDING, STATUE CIRCLE [LAWS(RAJ)-2018-11-31] [REFERRED TO]
SAYYED MOHAMAD KASSAM VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2024-8-33] [REFERRED TO]
RAM NARAYAN PRASAD VS. BENU KUMAR MUKHIA [LAWS(SIK)-2017-5-6] [REFERRED TO]
KIRAN BALA AND ANOTHER VS. THE STATE OF PUNJAB AND ANOTHER [LAWS(P&H)-2008-4-178] [REFERRED TO]
VINOD KUMAR VS. DIA WANTI [LAWS(P&H)-2000-3-105] [REFERRED TO]
RAJ KUMAR VS. SAT PAL [LAWS(P&H)-1999-7-197] [REFERRED]
SANJAY JAIN VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(JHAR)-2021-12-40] [REFERRED TO]
SHOPPERS STOP LTD. VS. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS (EXPORTS) [LAWS(MAD)-2017-6-206] [REFERRED TO]
RATTAN SINGH VS. SAGARMAL [LAWS(P&H)-2005-7-5] [REFERRED TO]
Unit Construction Co LTD VS. Joint Commissioner of Income tax [LAWS(CAL)-2003-1-34] [REFERRED TO]
CHANDANA PLASTICS LTD. VS. COMMISSIONER OF C. EX., VISAKHAPATNAM [LAWS(CE)-2005-1-122] [REFERRED TO]
GULABCHAND SILK MILLS PVT. LTD. VS. COMMISSIONER OF C. EX., HYDERABAD-II [LAWS(CE)-2005-3-134] [REFERRED TO]
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX VS. RATNASI DEOJI PATEL (HUF) [LAWS(BOM)-2007-4-284] [REFERRED TO]
MOHAMMAD GAUSUDDIN VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2003-3-75] [REFERRED TO]
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX VS. VALLAMJI RAVJIBHAI PATEL [LAWS(GJH)-2016-7-92] [REFERRED TO]
BASE INDUSTRIES GROUP VS. BASE INDUSTRIES GROUP [LAWS(BOM)-2018-7-234] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF GUJARAT VS. PATEL AKSHAYKUMAR S/O KAUSHIKBHAI ISHWARBHAI [LAWS(GJH)-2019-2-57] [REFERRED TO]
AJAY SINGH VS. DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT [LAWS(PAT)-2025-2-1] [REFERRED TO]
MAHABIR PRASAD RUNGTA VS. OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX [LAWS(JHAR)-2014-1-112] [REFERRED TO]
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX VS. MUKTA METAL WORKS [LAWS(P&H)-2011-2-153] [REFERRED TO]
BALBIR SINGH VS. RAJ KRISHAN [LAWS(P&H)-2015-3-296] [REFERRED TO]
SADHU SINGH DHARAMSOT VS. STATE OF PUNJAB [LAWS(P&H)-2022-9-179] [REFERRED TO]
ARUN KUMAR MISHRA VS. STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH [LAWS(MPH)-2023-2-41] [REFERRED TO]
DIRECTORATE OF ENFORCEMENT VS. RATUL PURI [LAWS(DLH)-2020-1-36] [REFERRED TO]
BIKRAM SINGH VS. SURJIT SINGH [LAWS(P&H)-2004-7-108] [REFERRED TO]
ZAKIA AHSAN JAFRI VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(SC)-2022-6-21] [REFERRED TO]
P K PANDE VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(MPH)-1999-9-37] [REFERRED TO]
MADHAVAN KUTTY VS. STATE OF KERALA [LAWS(KER)-2023-12-158] [REFERRED TO]
ARPIT JAIN VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(RAJ)-2018-2-71] [REFERRED TO]
STATE BANK OF PATIALA VS. JAGDISH SINGH KHEHAR [LAWS(P&H)-2013-3-34] [REFERRED TO]
NANDAN DAS VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2021-3-117] [REFERRED TO]
DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, BENGALURU VS. SUNIL KUMAR SHARMA [LAWS(KAR)-2024-1-120] [REFERRED TO]
JASWANT KAUR VS. DILBAGH RAI [LAWS(P&H)-2010-10-48] [REFERRED TO]
SRI SARBESWAR DAS VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2016-7-15] [REFERRED TO]
AMRIK SINGH SALUJA VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2014-4-292] [REFERRED TO]
J.K. SYNTHETICS LTD VS. DYNAMIC CEMENT TRADERS [LAWS(DLH)-2012-9-412] [REFERRED TO]
ANUP KUMAR SRIVASTAVA VS. STATE THR. CBI [LAWS(DLH)-2013-11-141] [REFERRED TO]
TARGET TOURS AND TRAVELS VS. NATIONAL DEVLOPMENTAL STORES [LAWS(KAR)-2009-1-7] [REFERRED TO]
RAMESHCHANDRA VS. RAJESH KUMAR SHARMA [LAWS(MPH)-2022-4-155] [REFERRED TO]
MALAV AJITBHAI MEHTA VS. STATE OF GUJARAT [LAWS(GJH)-2022-12-1118] [REFERRED TO]
COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX DELHI VS. GIRISH CHAUDHARY DIRECTOR OF I.G. BUILDER & PROMOTER PVT LTD [LAWS(DLH)-2007-5-277] [REFERRED TO]
VINAY MISHRA VS. CENTRAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION [LAWS(CAL)-2021-7-25] [REFERRED TO]
GIRWAR SINGH AND ORS. VS. C.B.I. [LAWS(DLH)-2016-4-64] [REFERRED TO]
M. VIVEK VS. DEPUTY COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX, CENTRAL CIRCLE-2 (I/C) [LAWS(MAD)-2020-11-237] [REFERRED TO]
JERUSALEM MATHAI, HYDERABAD VS. STATE OF TELANGANA [LAWS(APH)-2016-6-94] [REFERRED TO]
SRI BRAJA SAIKIA VS. STATE OF ASSAM [LAWS(GAU)-2010-9-106] [REFERRED TO]
PR. COMMISSIONER OF INCOME TAX-1, KANPUR VS. PAWAN KUMAR GUPTA [LAWS(ALL)-2016-1-174] [REFERRED TO]
STATE VS. MADANLAL KURANA [LAWS(DLH)-1999-11-24] [REFERRED]
P RAMA RAO VS. C B I [LAWS(DLH)-2011-12-230] [REFERRED TO]
STATE OF MAHARASHTRA VS. AJAY ALIAS RAMESHWAR RAGHURAM [LAWS(BOM)-2006-2-20] [REFERRED TO]
SHRIRAM PANDEY VS. STATE OF M P [LAWS(CHH)-2013-3-29] [REFERRED TO(PARA 35)]
VIPIN SHANTILAL SHAH VS. STATE OF MAHARASHTRA [LAWS(BOM)-2020-1-185] [REFERRED TO]
AMRITLAL GULABCHAND JAIN VS. SUPERINTENDENT OF POLICE [LAWS(BOM)-2018-3-121] [REFERRED TO]
UNITED INDIA ASSURANCE COMPANY LIMITED VS. SATYANARAYANA GHEE TRADING CO [LAWS(APH)-1999-7-112] [REFERRED TO]
RADHARAMANA CAPITAL SERVICES PVT LTD VS. JAYPEE CAPITAL SERVICES LTD [LAWS(DLH)-2012-11-404] [REFERRED]
S.K. JAIN VS. UNION OF INDIA [LAWS(DLH)-2014-5-187] [REFERRED TO]
HODAL SINGH VS. STATE OF RAJASTHAN [LAWS(RAJ)-2008-1-20] [REFERRED TO]
RAJ KUMAR VS. SAT PAL AND ORS. [LAWS(P&H)-1999-7-190] [REFERRED TO]
HARIHARAN POLY PACKS VS. NATIONAL SMALL INDUSTRIES CORPORATION LIMITED [LAWS(MAD)-2011-1-100] [REFERRED TO]
BIHAR FOUNDRY & CASTING LTD VS. COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL EXCISE, RANCHI COMMISSIONERATE, RANCHI [LAWS(JHAR)-2022-3-30] [REFERRED TO]
KOTTAYAM DISTRICT CO-OPERATIVE BANK LTD VS. P S MOHANAN NAIR [LAWS(KER)-2008-2-29] [REFERRED TO]
CHANDRA MOHAN CHOUDHARY VS. STATE OF BIHAR [LAWS(PAT)-2024-4-87] [REFERRED TO]


JUDGEMENT

M. K. Mukherjee, J. - (1.)Leave granted.
(2.)On May 3, 1991 the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), New Delhi, searched the premises of J. K. Jain at G-36, Saket, New Delhi to work out an information received while investigating RC Case No. 5(S)/91 SIU (B)/CBI/New Delhi. In course of the search they recovered, besides other articles and documents, two diaries, two small note books and two files containing details of receipts of various amounts from different sources recorded in abbreviated forms of digits and initials and details of payments to various persons recorded in similar fashion. Preliminary investigation taken up by the CBI to decode and comprehend those entries revealed payments amounting to Rs. 65.47 crores, out of which 53.5 crores had been illegally transferred from abroad through hawala channels, during the years 1988 to 1991 to 115 persons including politicians, some of whom were members of either Houses of Parliament during the relevant period, officials of Government and Public Sector Undertakings, and friends of S. K. Jain, B. R. Jain, and N. K. Jain, who are three brothers carrying on different businesses. It further revealed that the Jain brothers and J. K. Jain, who is their employee, had acted as middlemen in the award of certain big projects in the power sector of the Government of India to different bidders; that they had official dealings with politicians and public servants whose names were recorded in the diaries and the files; and that some of them had accepted illegal gratification other than legal remuneration from Jains as a reward for giving them and the companies they own and manage various contracts. On such revelation the CBI registered a case on March 4, 1995 under Sections 7 and 12 of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 56 read with Section 8(1) of the Foreign Exchange Regulation Act, 1973 against the Jains, some public servants and others being RC No. 1(A)/95 ACU (VI) and on completion of investigation filed 34 charge-sheets (challans) in the Court of the Special Judge, New Delhi against various politicians, Government servants and the Jains. In one of the above charge-sheets (C.S. No. 4 dated 16-1-1996) Shri Lal Krishna Advani, who at the material time was a member of the Parliament, and the Jains figure as accused and in another (C.S.No. 8 dated 23-1-1996), Shri V. C. Shukla, also a member of Parliament, along with the Jains.
(3.)The common allegations made in the above two charge-sheets (from which these appeals stem) are that during the years 1988 to 1991 Jains entered into a criminal conspiracy among themselves, the object of which was to receive unaccounted money and to disburse the same to their companies, friends, close relatives and other persons including public servants and political leaders of India. In pursuance of the said conspiracy S. K. Jain lobbied with various public servants and Government organisations in the power and steel sectors of the Government of India to persuade them to award contracts to different foreign bidders with the motive of getting illegal kickbacks from them. During the aforesaid period the Jain brothers received Rs. 59,12,11,685/-, major portion of which came from foreign countries through hawala channels as kickbacks from the foreign bidders of certain projects of power sector undertakings and the balance from within the country. An account of receipts and disbursements of the monies was maintained by J. K. Jain in the diaries and files recovered from his house and Jain brothers authenticated the same.


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