Context: The Delhi High Court on Friday granted two months’ time to the Lokpal of India to decide on granting sanction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file a chargesheet against Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra in connection with the cash-for-query allegations against her.
- A Division Bench allowed the application filed by the Lokpal of India seeking additional time to decide the matter.
- The court also clarified that no further time would be granted.
- The High Court, on December 19, 2025, had set aside a November order of the Lokpal granting sanction to the CBI to file a chargesheet against the Trinamool MP in the case. It had said the Lokpal’s decision was a clear departure from the procedure expressly mandated under law. The order came on a plea filed by Ms. Moitra challenging the Lokpal’s decision.
- Ms. Moitra was expelled from the Lok Sabha in December 2024 after BJP MP Nishikant Dubey and advocate Jai Dehadrai alleged that she had taken a bribe from businessman Darshan Hiranandani to ask questions in Parliament. She was accused of compromising her parliamentary privileges and causing national security threats by sharing her Lok Sabha login credentials.