Disposing of a review petition against the quashing of an FIR against Mayawati relating to DA case, a bench of Chief Justice P Sathasivam and Justice Deepak Misra clarified that its judgement of July last year was only related to Taj Corridor case.
"It is also made clear that we have not gone into any other aspect relating to the claim of the CBI, intervener or the stand of Mayawati except the directions relating to Taj Heritage Corridor Project which was the only lis(dispute) before us," the bench said.
In the very beginning of its last year's judgement, the bench had made it clear that it was just deciding whether DA case lodged by the CBI is beyond the scope of the directions passed by the apex court in 2003 in Taj Corridor case and it did not go into the merit of allegations made by agency against the former Chief Minister.
Reacting to the judgement, Mayawati said she was happy that the Supreme Court has provided justice to her. Her counsel Satish Chandra Mishra said with today's order, the "illegal" CBI FIR on DA case attains a closure.