CBI probe ordered in Rs 25,000 Crore Roshni Land Scam by J&K High Court.All Roshni Allottments/Ownerships held illegal Void Ab Initio

CBI probe ordered in Rs 25,000 Crore Roshni Land Scam by J&K High Court.

All Roshni Allottments/Ownerships held illegal Void Ab Initio

Roshni Act also declared Unconstitutional.

CBI to file Status report every 8 weeks before the Court.

Chief Secretary made accountable for uniterrupted investigation.

Investigation also against officers in whose time period encroachments happened.

DCs and Div Coms will be held guilty of Contempt in case they do not cooperate in investigation.

Jammu October 09:– In a petition CMP No. 48/2014 filed in PIL No 19/2011 by Advocate Sheikh Shakeel seeking entrustment of Rs 25,000 Crores Roshni Land Scam, the biggest ever in the history of J&K, Division Bench of the J&K High Court comprising of Chief Justice Gita Mittal and Justice Rajesh Bindal allowing the petition handed over the investigation to CBI.

Earlier the Anti Corruption Bureau Jammu (Vigilance) was investigating the matter and had registered 17 FIRs so far. Given the manner in which ACB J&K was handling the case, the court deemed it appropriate to divest it off the investigation simultaneously handing it over to CBI.

The culprits include Ministers/MLAs/Politicians, Bureaucrats (IAS/KAS) and Land Mafia. Many big heads are likely to roll.

The Constitutional Validity of Roshni Act had earleir been challenged in PIL No. 41/2014 titled Ankur Sharma V. State of J&K and Ors. That consequentially led to the abrogation and repeal of Roshni Act in 2018. Now, the High Court ordering a CBI probe in the implementation of this malicious Roshni Act is a big jolt against the corrupt and anti national elements.

Politicians, Bureaucrats Mafia categorised separately.