Supreme Court refuses Maharashtra govt's plea to close Enron investigation

Madhav Godbole committee suggested judicial probe into allegations of corruption in Enron's power project

The Supreme Court on Thursday declined Maharashtra government’s plea to close the case of alleged bribing in the Enron-Dabhol power project. It was reported that the then bidders of the project, Enron, had paid money to politicians and bureaucrats to clinch the deal.

A three-judge Bench, led by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi, while turning down the plea moved by the state, asked it to submit by March 13 a plan on how it intended to bring the case to a logical conclusion. The Bench also asked the state to submit details of the steps it had taken so