Nagpur: In a significant development, the Supreme Court has reversed its previous decision and modified the order for transferring the Nagpur District Central Cooperative Bank (NDCCB) scam cases to Nagpur.
The Apex Court directed the special court in Nagpur to restart the hearings in the Rs 150 crore scam cases, which have been delayed for over two decades since 2002. The scam allegedly involves prominent political figures, with former Minister Sunil Kedar being made the prime accused.
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The long-pending case had come to the forefront in 2002 but faced delays and challenges in the legal process. The Supreme Court’s decision came after an application was submitted by another accused, Ketan Shet, to transfer all the NDCCB cases to Mumbai. However, the top court, taking into consideration the plea filed by Om Prakash Kamdi, who had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the Nagpur bench of Bombay High Court, ordered the trials to continue in Nagpur.
Emphasising compliance with the Bombay High Court’s timeline, the division bench comprising Justices Suryakant and J K Maheshwari clarified that the trial court must make all endeavours to expedite the trials and decide the case in accordance with the law.
“The transferee court shall proceed in those cases from the stage in which it had received from the transferor court (in Mumbai). The cases in which charges have not been framed shall be framed within two months and the trial shall start immediately,” the bench stated.
For cases in which charges have already been framed and evidence has been presented following the trial program, the court ruled that again trial from the stage of framing of charges is not required. The transferee court will conclude all trials as expeditiously as possible within two years.
