Overview
- Justice Manoj Jain issued notice to the CBI on Yadav’s plea and scheduled the next hearing for March 17.
- The court directed that approvers not be examined in the trial court for now, allowing the prosecution to examine other witnesses.
- Yadav is contesting the Rouse Avenue orders of January 9 and February 16 that framed corruption and conspiracy charges against him and relatives under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
- The trial court had said the accused appeared to operate as a criminal enterprise that leveraged railway jobs for land during 2004–2009 when Yadav was railway minister.
- The defence argues Yadav had no role in recruitment and that no candidate complained, while the case notes 41 charged, 52 discharged, and a related plea by aide Bhola Yadav on pardons listed with the matter.