The Delhi High Court today stayed a non-bailable warrant, issued against ACB Chief, M K Meena, by a Commission of Inquiry , probing the CNG fitness scam till September 23.<br/><br/>A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath passed the order while issuing notice to the AAP government and the Commission of Inquiry set up by it, seeking their responses on the Centre's plea challenging constitutionality and the establishment of the panel. The bench listed the matter with two other writ petitions which also challenged the setting up of the panel and are slated to be heard on September 23. .<br/><br/>The Ministry of Home Affairs in its petition has opposed the September 11 order of the Commission which had not only issued NBW against ACB Chief Meena, but also directed attachment of 30 per cent of his salary till records pertaining to the inquiry conducted by the ACB into the scam were presented to the probe panel.<br/><br/>The Commission of Inquiry, whose appointment was declared "invalid" by Union Home Ministry last month, had directed Delhi Police to execute the NBW and apprise it of the action taken by today.<br/><br/>In August, the AAP government had appointed Justice (Retd) S N Agarwal, a former judge of Delhi and Madhya Pradesh High Courts, to head the one-man probe panel under the Commission of Inquiry Act to probe the scam in which a number of officials of erstwhile Sheila Dikshit government were under the scanner.
News On AIR | September 15, 2015 8:12 PM
Delhi HC stays NBW issued against ACB Chief M K Meena till Sep 23