Sunday, November 28, 2010

Emaar challenges single judge ruling over ACB probe

By S A Ishaqui
Hyderabad,Nov. 27: The Emaar Hills Township Private Limited has approached the Andhra Pradesh High Court challenging an order of a single judge who refused to stay the probe by the Anti-Corruption Bureau into alleged irregularities by the AP Industrial Infrastructure Corporation in allotting land to the company.

The special court of the ACB on September 7, 2010, had passed an order on the complaint of one Mr T. Sri Ranga Rao, an advocate of the city to probe into the alleged irregularities in the land allotments by the APIIC to 16 organisations including Emaar.

Aggrieved by the order, Emaar approached the High Court seeking a direction to quash the proceedings. But a single judge rejected the plea on October 20, 2010. Emaar preferred an appeal against the order contending that the single judge ought to have noticed that the order of the lower court was illegal and unsustainable and was not in accordance with the provisions of the CrPC.

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