The Supreme Court today agreed to hear on November 25 a plea seeking constitution of an SIT to investigate into the "incriminating" evidence and details of "unaccounted" cash recovered allegedly during the raids by the Income Tax and CBI in two companies two years ago.
A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said this after senior advocate Shanti Bhushan, appearing for the petitioner NGO Common Cause, mentioned the matter before the apex court.
The plea sought a direction to the CBI, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) to "produce the records and the seized material recovered in the raids" before the apex court.
It also sought a direction to the "authorities not to return the seized documents to the business groups concerned".
The application, filed through advocate Prashant Bhushan, claimed that "actionable evidence" gathered during the raids on both the groups was given a "quiet burial" by Income Tax Department and CBI.
It said that CBI had conducted raids in 2013 at various premises of one of the groups' company during its probe into the coal block allocation scam case.
"The documents seized by the CBI in its search operation in Mumbai reportedly revealed massive bribery of politicians and officials of various ministries over several years," it alleged.
Referring to media reports, it said IT department had raided the other group's offices in Delhi and Noida in November 2014 and during which "incriminating documents and cash" were reportedly seized.
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