Corruption allegations: Court orders probe against Arunachal Pradesh CM

Gauhati

The Gauhati High Court has ordered a CBI inquiry into allegations of corruption against chief minister Nabam Tuki‬.

The allegations relate to awarding of contracts to his kith and kin without inviting tenders when Tuki was PWD and UD minister.

The ex-parte order was passed by a division bench comprising acting Chief Justice K Sreedhar Rao and Justice PK Saikia on writ petition (civil) No. 1267/2010.
One Nabam Tagam had moved the high court alleging the then PWD and UD minister of nepotism by awarding contracts to his relatives by flouting norms and procedures.

Later, when Tagam sought to withdraw the PIL the high court registered it afresh as a suo motu writ petition.

The order said that “The favour shown to each of the kith and kin amounts to distinct and different offences. It is, therefore, directed that the CBI register a case and conduct investigation against the alleged misconducts of respondent number seven (Nabam Tuki)”.

“The CBI is directed to take the case records and other documents of this case in their custody from the registry of this court for the purpose of investigation,” the division bench order said.

It also asked the CBI to submit the final report before the jurisdictional special court in Guwahati.

The court assed the order in the absence of the state government’s lawyers since the Gauhati High Court Bar Association had indefinitely boycotted the court of the acting chief justice on Tuesday, demanding transfer of all PILs pertaining to the high court’s outlying benches from the court of Justice Rao. The lawyers are protesting against a notification issued by Justice Rao to transfer all the PILs pending at the outlying benches to his court in the principal bench here.