Overview
- The CBI registered a case on November 25 naming Advocate Rajendra Sisodia, Judicial Member S. Seethalakshmi, an Assistant Registrar of the ITAT Jaipur bench, and others.
- Investigators allege Sisodia accepted ₹5.5 lakh on behalf of an appellant using a hawala channel to influence pending appeals.
- The judicial member was arrested on November 26 after ₹30 lakh was recovered from her official car, according to the agency.
- The appellant, identified as Mujmmel, was also taken into custody as teams executed raids across Jaipur and Kota.
- Searches yielded cash exceeding ₹1 crore along with transaction records and property papers that the CBI says point to an organised syndicate.