SC adjourns disproportionate assets case against Lalu, Rabri

The Supreme Court adjourned till February 25 the hearing of the disproportionate assets case against former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav and his wife Rabri Devi, a former Chief Minister of Bihar.

Mr Yadav, his wife and the CBI have challenged the decision of the Patna High Court to entertain the petition filed by the Bihar government against the order of the trial court discharging both RJD leaders in the case. According to the petitioner, since the cbi was a prosecuting agency, the state government had no locus standi to challenge the order of the trial court. Only the CBI could challenge it.

The State government went in appeal to the High Court when the CBI decided not to challenge the acquittal orders. Mr Yadav was Railway Minister in the UPA government at that time.