Bofors Scam

An application has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking an early hearing of a petition challenging the Delhi High Court's 2005 verdict which quashed all charges, including those against the Hinduja brothers, in the politically sensitive Rs 64 crore Bofors pay-off case. The application, filed by advocate Ajay Agrawal, says the apex court had on November 2, 2018 dismissed the CBI's plea against the high court verdict and said the probe agency can raise all grounds in the appeal filed by him against the same judgement. Agrawal said he had filed the petition in the top court against the high court verdict in 2005 itself and over three decades have gone by since the matter came to light. "Around 16 years have passed of filing of this case by the applicant and 35 years have passed of the occurring of this scam. All the accused persons have died in between leaving Hinduja Brothers. "There have been recurrence of scams in defence sector since the accused in this first ever scam i.e Bof

Hershman also alleged that the bribe money was parked in a Swiss account

The BJP leader had filed the plea in the Apex court

This assumes significance in the wake of a demand in Parliament by BJP MPs for reopening of probe

The Delhi High Court's 2005 order had ruled in favour of quashing proceedings in the case