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New Delhi, June 15: The Supreme Court has stayed trial proceedings against former Haryana IAS officer Rajeev Arora in the Manesar land deal as the former IAS officer had petitioned the apex court after his revision petition challenging his summoning by a special CBI court was dismissed by the Punjab and Haryana high court on May 15.
A special CBI court had on December 1, 2020 ordered that the former IAS officer be summoned to face trial for committing offence under section 120-B read with 420 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in the Manesar land matter. However, on a revision petition filed by Arora, the Punjab and Haryana high court on December 14, 2020 had stayed the operation and implementation of the order of the special CBI court.
Rejecting the challenge to the special CBI court’s December 1, 2020 order, the HC on May15 said it found no illegality or infirmity in the order passed by learned special CBI court in summoning the petitioners.
An apex court bench headed by Chief Justice BR Gavai, however, on May 29 ordered that notice be issued to the respondents and proceedings qua the petitioner shall stand stayed till the next date of hearing.
During the trial court proceedings on Friday, Special CBI judge, Rajeev Goyal while referring to the apex court’s order of May 29 ordered that proceedings against all the accused persons except Rajeev Arora shall commence.
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