A mysterious confidential report landed before SC bench hearing Enforcement Directorate‘s plea for cancellation of bail to former bureaucrat Anil Tuteja in Chhattisgarh liquor scam case, with none of the parties claiming to have filed it.
At the outset of the hearing, the bench told lawyers appearing for ED, Chhattisgarh govt and Tuteja that a sealed envelope was filed containing some confidential report. It said the report was undated and unsigned and even the name of the lawyer through whom it was filed was not mentioned. The bench asked who had filed the report and what was confidential about it.
As none of the parties admitted to have filed it, the bench asked additional solicitor general S V Raju, who was appearing for ED, to go through the report. After reading a portion of the report, Raju said it was certainly not filed by ED as the report was against the agency. The court said it would hold an inquiry and asked the advocates-on-record of opposing parties to go through the report before asking the registrar to find out who filed it.
