SC asks BJP to explain locus standi in filing appeal in Rs.64 cr Bofors payoffs case

Supreme Court today asked BJP leader Ajay Agrawal to explain his locus standi in filing an appeal in the politically-sensitive 64 crore rupees Bofors pay-offs case.

A bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra noted that the CBI has not filed any appeal in the apex court challenging the May 31, 2005 Delhi High Court judgement and asked the petitioner to explain his locus in the case.The matter will be now heard on February 2.

Justice R S Sodhi of Delhi High Court,



since retired, had on May 31, 2005 quashed all charges against the three Hinduja brothers -- Srichand, Gopichand and Prakashchand -- and the Bofors company, castigating the CBI for its handling of the case, saying it had cost the exchequer about 250 crore rupees.

Agrawal, who had contested the Lok Sabha elections in 2014 from Rai Bareli against the then Congress President Sonia Gandhi, has filed an appeal in the apex court against the 2005 verdict of the high court.