The CBI on Friday (November 21, 2025) opposed in the Delhi High Court Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra's plea challenging a Lokpal order granting sanction to the CBI to file a charge sheet against her in the alleged cash for query scam.
The CBI contended that Ms. Moitra has no right to produce documents in the Lokpal's proceedings and she is only entitled to give comments and not even an oral hearing.
"But still the Lokpal went ahead and gave her an oral hearing. The Lokpal can then grant sanction to file a charge sheet, which has been done in this case," Additional Solicitor General S.V. Raju, appearing for CBI, submitted before a bench of justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar.
The cash-for-query scam pertains to the allegation that Ms. Moitra had asked questions in the House in exchange for cash and gifts from a businessman.
The High Court, after hearing the submissions of the parties, reserved its verdict on Ms. Moitra's plea.
