Arms licence scam: J&K HC directs home ministry to file updated status report
Hindustan TimesClose on the heels of prosecution sanction granted against senior IAS officer Kumar Rajeev Ranjan, presently posted as revenue secretary in Jammu and Kashmir, a division bench of the high court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh comprising chief justice Tashi Rabstan and justice MA Chowdhary has directed department of personnel and trainings in the home ministry to file updated status report with regard to five IAS officers and others in the infamous arms licence scam being investigated by Central Bureau of Investigation. Division bench observed that GAD has communicated its comments to the ministry of home affairs vide its communication dated December 27, 2024 for final decision in the matter The high court directed advocate Sumant Sudan, appearing on behalf of deputy solicitor general of India Vishal Sharma for department of personnel and training in the home ministry, to file updated status report with regard to the comments sent by general administration department of J&K government on December 27 last year. When this much publicised Public Interest Litigation came up for hearing, advocate Sheikh Shakeel Ahmed, who appeared for the petitioners, submitted that government of J&K was shielding the high profile bureaucrats in the arms licence scam, despite CBI’s repeated communications to the government, which, he claimed, was not forwarding the prosecution proposals to home ministry as per single window system evolved by DoPT, Government of India. AAG Raman Sharma, appearing for J&K government, submitted that in terms of order dated November 21, 2024, he has filed a status report in the registry on December 27, 2024 and the division Bench in the open court observed that the said status report is not before the court, however, AAG Raman Sharma supplied a copy of the status report in the open court and the same was taken on record.
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