{"id":41060,"date":"2016-01-23T10:57:27","date_gmt":"2016-01-23T05:27:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=41060"},"modified":"2016-01-23T10:57:27","modified_gmt":"2016-01-23T05:27:27","slug":"vigilance-court-orders-registration-of-case-agnst-min","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/vigilance-court-orders-registration-of-case-agnst-min","title":{"rendered":"Vigilance Court orders registration of case agnst Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38772\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38772\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-38772\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"38772\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/ncdrc-slaps-rs-1-lakh-cost-on-godrej-dismisses-plea\/ncdrc-3\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?fit=420%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"420,239\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"NCDRC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;MCD employees&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?fit=420%2C239&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-38772 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?resize=300%2C171&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Vigilance Court orders registration of case agnst Minister\" width=\"300\" height=\"171\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?resize=300%2C171&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/08\/NCDRC.jpg?w=420&amp;ssl=1 420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38772\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vigilance Court orders registration of case agnst Minister<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In a setback to the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala, a court here today ordered the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to register a case against Excise Minister K Babu over corruption charges against him in the bar bribery scam.<\/p>\n<p>The Vigilance Court also ordered that the first report in the case should be filed by February 22.<\/p>\n<p>The order was issued by Thrissur Vigilance Court Judge S S Vasan, who criticised the Vigilance for the slow progress in filing Quick Verification Report (QVR) ordered earlier by the court.<\/p>\n<p>The court also ordered that a case be registered against Biju Ramesh, bar hotelier, who had levelled the bribery allegations against the Minister.<\/p>\n<p>Biju Ramesh, also the Working President of Kerala Bar Owners Association, had alleged that Rs 10 crore was given to Babu for renewal of licences of liquor bars.<\/p>\n<p>Babu will be the second state minister to be booked by the vigilance over the bar bribery charges after the then Finance Minister K M Mani who quit in November last following adverse remarks by the High Court against him in the matter.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to the court directive, Opposition leader V S Achutanandan sought Babu&#8217;s resignation immediately. &#8220;Babu should resign without any delay&#8221;, he demanded.<\/p>\n<p>In the present case, the Vigilance had sought one more month&#8217;s time to complete the QVR, which was to have been submitted today.<\/p>\n<p>The court granted time to file the first report by February 22, but made it clear that a case should be registered and probe conducted. The probe will be monitored by the court.<\/p>\n<p>The court also expressed displeasure at the contention of the Vigilance that the transfer of an SP was one of the reasons for the delay in completing the report.<\/p>\n<p>The judge wanted to know if the Vigilance had taken evidence from Babu and whether his home and assets had been searched for the alleged bribe amount.<\/p>\n<p>It was based on the charge by Ramesh that the Vigilance had filed a case against Mani, who is the supremo of UDF partner Kerala Congress (M).<\/p>\n<p>( Source &#8211; PTI )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a setback to the Congress-led UDF government in Kerala, a court here today ordered the Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau to register a case against Excise Minister K Babu over corruption charges against him in the bar bribery scam. 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