The Supreme Court read the Delhi excise policy has 493 witnesses and asked the CBI and ED how long would it take to complete the trial.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday posed to the CBI and ED about how the ‘light’ at the end of the tunnel looks like in corruption and money laundering cases that are in connection to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam.
The court also preserved its ruling on applications seeking bail by the former deputy chief minister of Delhi and the leader of the AAP, Manish Sisodia.
“There are 493 witnesses,” PTI reported the bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan, asking Additional Solicitor General (ASG) S V Raju, who was representing the probe agencies, “Even if you leave aside 50 percent of them, it comes to nearly 250. Realistically, where do you see the light at the end of the tunnel?”
The law officer also informed me that there are eight material and important witnesses in each of the cases registered by the CBI and the ED. The nine members of the bench wanted to know when the trial can start, as the said respondent’s motion is much of a stonewall.
However, SV Raju said that within a month of the framing of charges, these eight witnesses can be examined. He stated that some of the witnesses were treated roughly and threatened by other co-accused in the cases.
