{"id":24466,"date":"2012-11-09T17:17:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-09T11:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.in\/news\/?p=24466"},"modified":"2012-11-09T17:17:47","modified_gmt":"2012-11-09T11:47:47","slug":"graft-case-supreme-court-quashes-proceedings-against-jaffer-sharief","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/graft-case-supreme-court-quashes-proceedings-against-jaffer-sharief","title":{"rendered":"Graft case: Supreme Court quashes proceedings against Jaffer Sharief"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against former Union Minister C K Jaffer Sharief in a corruption case involving alleged misuse of his official position in taking his four aides to London\u00a0with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ad_in_arti\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ads.rediff.com\/5c\/innewsA.rediff.com\/news-article.htm\/1106184583\/x15\/default\/empty.gif\/4f3752524a4643633668594143542b71\" target=\"_top\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/imads.rediff.com\/0\/default\/empty.gif?resize=1%2C1&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam scrapped it saying there is no evidence against Sharief to establish that he or his aides got pecuniary advantage in taking four of his staff members with him on a tour to London in 1995.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">The court observed it is difficult to visualise that he adopted corrupt or illegal means to get benefit for himself or his associates by taking them on an official tour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">The case was lodged against Sharief alleging that he had caused loss of around Rs seven lakh to the public exchequer by taking his staff members on an official tour, which was not required.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">The apex court passed the verdict on a plea by Sharief challenging a Delhi\u00a0high court order refusing to quash the criminal case against him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Sharief had approached the apex court against the April 11 order of the high court, dismissing his plea against a trial court&#8217;s decision to reject a CBI closure report in the corruption case against him and prosecute him instead.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">Sharief had been accused of &#8220;dishonestly&#8221; ensuring the journey of his erstwhile Additional Private Secretary B N Nagesh, stenos S M Masthan and V Muralidharn, and driver C H Samaullah to London with him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">The case dates back to 1995 when Sharief, as a Union minister, had gone to London for his treatment and had allegedly taken with him four of his staffers &#8220;unauthorisedly, causing a loss of Rs seven lakh to the state exchequer.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">A special CBI court had framed charges against the former minister on July 3 for allegedly causing loss to the public exchequer during his foreign jaunt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;\">An FIR was registered against Sharief in 1998 by the CBI. 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