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Justice Najmi Waziri asked Verma to go to the commission\u2019s office on Thursday and inspect the file.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/a1ca2df5-1ed0-4be6-9d45-39ad820905ef.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/a1ca2df5-1ed0-4be6-9d45-39ad820905ef.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/a1ca2df5-1ed0-4be6-9d45-39ad820905ef.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/11\/a1ca2df5-1ed0-4be6-9d45-39ad820905ef.jpg?fit=820%2C460&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":56256,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/high-court-grants-4-more-months-time-to-cbi-to-complete-probe-in-asthana-bribery-case","url_meta":{"origin":54681,"position":5},"title":"High Court grants 4 more months time to CBI to complete probe in Asthana bribery case","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"June 1, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"New Delhi : The Delhi High Court Friday granted four more months to the CBI to complete its probe in a bribery case involving the agency's former special director Rakesh Asthana. 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