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NEW DELHI: The
Delhi high court
Tuesday restrained
Lokpal
from taking any action till May 10 on a
CBI report
on its investigation into two properties of
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha
(JMM), allegedly linked to party president
Shibu Soren
.
Justice Subramonium Prasad also issued notice to BJP MP
Nishikant Dubey
, who had filed the complaint before Lokpal, on JMM's petition challenging the ombudsman's March 4 order directing
CBI
to probe the two properties.
After hearing the submissions of JMM's counsels Kapil Sibal and Arunabh Chowdhury, HC permitted CBI to submit its report to Lokpal, but directed that no further steps will be taken by the anti-corruption ombudsman till the next hearing.
The senior advocates submitted that the two properties belonged to JMM, not Soren, and argued that the March 4 order was beyond the jurisdiction of Lokpal. They maintained that an inquiry under Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act could be initiated only against a person and not a political party.
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