Court Sets Aside Magistrate Order To Accept CBI Chargesheet Against Mehul Choksi
A special CBI court here on Saturday set aside a magistrate's order taking of cognisance of the chargesheet filed against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi in a loan fraud case amounting to more than Rs 22 crore. The special judge remanded matter back to the magistrate for a fresh order on consideration of the chargesheet. The metropolitan magistrate, Esplanade court, had taken cognisance of a chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against Choksi and the other accused in the case in March this year. However, Choksi and co-accused Aniyath Nair moved a review application before the CBI court, saying no case was made out against them. In a plea filed through advocates Vijay Agarwal and Rahul Agarwal, the accused claimed that the trial (magistrate) court failed to appreciate that documents filed by the CBI in support of its case were inadmissible evidence and cognisance taken based on such documents was "bad in law". The probe agency had registere...