Overview
- Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma is listed to take up the petition on January 5 in New Delhi.
- The Rouse Avenue special court on October 13 ordered charges under IPC Sections 420 and 120B and the Prevention of Corruption Act, allowing the trial to proceed.
- The court named Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav, LARA Projects LLP, Vijay and Vinay Kochhar, Sarla Gupta, and Prem Chand Gupta under cheating and conspiracy counts, and framed PC Act charges against several former railway officials.
- The trial court remarked that the land and share transactions were possibly an instance of crony capitalism linked to IRCTC hotels at Ranchi and Puri.
- Recent transfer pleas by Rabri Devi were dismissed by Principal District Judge Dinesh Bhatt, keeping the connected cases before Special Judge Vishal Gogne, as Lalu maintains innocence and seeks discharge.