In what comes as a major relief for Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) president Lalu Yadav, the Supreme Court today restrained the trial court in Ranchi from delivering its verdict in the fodder scam case in which Mr Yadav is accused of embezzling Rs. 30 crore from the government during his earlier term as chief minister of Bihar.
Mr Yadav had asked for his case to be transferred to a different court, alleging that Pravas Kumar Singh, the judge handling the verdict, is related to a senior minister in the current Bihar government headed by Nitish Kumar.
"My biggest political enemy is Nitish Kumar", Mr Yadav told the court while expressing apprehension of bias against him by the trial court judge.
Mr Yadav had approached the Supreme Court after the Jharkhand High Court rejected his argument that his case could be impacted due to Mr PK Singh being the judge.
In Supreme Court, Mr Yadav's lawyer, senior advocate Ram Jethmalani argued that judge PK Singh had dropped a number of witnesses cited by Mr Yadav. The trial court was supposed to give its verdict by July 15.
The Supreme Court also issued a notice to the CBI which is the prosecuting agency in the case. The top court said that it needs to examine whether the allegations are right or wrong.
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