SC pulls up CBI for withdrawing in Mulayam assets case

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court severely criticized the Cenral Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday for seeking to withdraw its earlier decision to proceed against former UP chief minister Mulayam Singh Yadav and his relatives in the case relating to their alleged disproportionate assets.

The court rebuked the CBI for approaching the central government for advice on the matter and asked the investigating agency's counsel, additional solicitor general Mohan Parasaran, "Since when has the CBI started taking advice from the government? Why didn't you come to the court for clarifications?"