The Taj Corridor case concerns a 2003 Uttar Pradesh project near the Taj Mahal. A CBI probe ordered by the Supreme Court alleged Rs 17 crore was released and R…
Officials noted the corridor plan. The CBI later said Secretary K.C. Mishra obscured parts of their notes.
Uttar Pradesh began a project to divert the Yamuna and reclaim about 75 acres of riverbed.
Minister Naseemuddin Siddiqui sanctioned Rs 20 crore without approved project reports or clearances, the CBI said.
The court ordered a CBI inquiry: who cleared the project, why, and without whose sanction?
The CBI said Rs 17 crore was released without proper sanction. The court let it verify officials' assets.
Two sums, two officials, different missing approvals.
Her coalition with the BJP collapsed. Mulayam Singh Yadav became Chief Minister three days later.
The court told the CBI to register an FIR and investigate Mayawati, Siddiqui and other officers.
Interpolations the CBI and forensic lab reported.
RC 18 covered the corridor project. RC 19 covered Mayawati's assets from 1995.
How the Supreme Court built the case in 2003.
With the CBI split on prosecuting 12 accused, the court asked the vigilance commission to review the record.
Who said what about prosecuting the 12 accused.
The investigating officer's opinion counts, the court held. His report went to the special judge.
Governor T.V. Rajeswar refused sanction to prosecute Mayawati and Siddiqui, citing weak evidence.
Without sanction, the judge held, the court could not take cognizance against the two.
The court declined to review the Governor's order. Monitoring a probe is not trying a case, it said.
The project FIR against Mayawati and Siddiqui, 2007-2013.
The CBI exceeded its jurisdiction in registering RC 19, the court held, and quashed it.
The High Court rejected petitions and upheld the dropping of proceedings against Mayawati and Siddiqui.
Neither was decided on the merits.
A review of the 2012 assets ruling was rejected. RC 19 stayed quashed.
Mayawati was never tried, convicted or acquitted. A 2023 sanction for an ex-official was reported.
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