The Delhi High Court today sought CBI's stand on former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitly's plea against a trial court order. In the order, Jaitly was charged for allegedly taking bribe to recommend to the then NDA government a fake defence gadget supply deal to the Army 11 years ago. The court has asked the investigating agency to reply by August 16.

A special CBI court had in March farmed charges against Jaitly and two others for conspiring with each other and accepting gratification for obtaining supply order of a defence equipment, albeit fictitious, for a private firm.

Challenging the framing of charges against Jaitly, her counsel contended before the court that the transcript of video footage does not show any criminality attached to the petitioner.

The case against Jaitly had been lodged on the basis of a sting 'Operation Westend,' conducted by news portal tehelka.com in 2000.