Sanjiv Chaturvedi's plea for contempt action against CBI in HC

Taking note of this, the single bench fixed the matter for hearing on March 13.In his petition, Chaturvedi has contended that the high court ruling that the CBI, and other such agencies, have to disclose information held by them pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violations, was binding on them.

He has alleged that the high court orders were not being followed by the central public information officers (CPIO) of the CBI as it denied him the information he had sought regarding certain corruption cases at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS).

Advocate Mehmood Pracha, appearing for the officer, has alleged that the CPIO of CBI denied him the information despite being aware of the high court rulings.

Pracha has also argued that as the high court orders of August and September last year contained general directions that intelligence agencies have to disclose information pertaining to allegations of corruption and human rights violations held by them, not doing so amounted to contempt of court.