Rs 1.8 crore paid to Nirmal Yadav in four cases,co-accused tells CBI

Special CBI public prosecutor Anupam Gupta on Wednesday read out in court these revelations made by Delhi businessman Ravinder Singh,a close friend of Yadav and a co-accused in the case. This report was sent by the CBI to the then Chief Justice of India (CJI) S H Kapadia in June 2010.

It may be recalled that Rs. 1.8 crore was allegedly paid to Yadav in addition to Rs 15 lakh for deciding a dispute pertaining to a Panchkula plot in favour of a client of lawyer Sanjiv Bansal,another co-accused in the scam. It is this case (Panchkula plot dispute) for which Yadav has been chargesheeted by the CBI.

After Ravinder Singhs revelations,the CBI investigated into each and every case. However,in the absence of independent corroboration,the CBI chose not to prosecute Yadav in these four cases.

Referring to the judgement given by Yadav in the Panchkula plot dispute,Gupta said evidence collected by CBI makes it irrefutable that Rs 15 lakh was a consideration other than legal remuneration for Justice Nirmal Yadav. The said judgment was certainly influenced by Ravinder Singh,Gupta added.

In his interrogation,Ravinder Singh had admitted that he acted as middleman between Sanjiv Bansal and Justice Yadav and that he (Singh) influenced Justice Yadav in various matters on behalf of Sanjiv Bansal.