MINISTER OF STATE OF DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING AND
DEPARTMENT OF PENSION AND PENSIONERS` WELFARE IN THE MINISTRY OF
PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
(SMT. VASUNDHARA RAJE)
(a),(b) and (c) : A statement is placed on the Table of the
House.
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO PARTS (A),(B) and (C) OF
LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 379 FOR ANSWER ON 19.04.2000.
(a) The Delhi High Court while hearing Writ Petition Civil
No. 2141/97 ( filed for expediting investigation in the HDW
case) on 7.3.2000 perused the status report on the investigation
submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation. Subsequently
on the hearing held on 27.3.2000 the Court directed the CBI to
pursue the matter with German and Swiss authorities for the
execution of Letters Rogatory.
(b) Investigation within India has been completed. However a
large part of investigation was to be carried out in Switzerland
and Germany which depends on the execution of the Letters
Rogatory issued to the concerned authorities. Though matter is
being persued with them, no time limit for completion of the
investigation , therefore, can be specified.
(c) Cases having inter-state and international ramifications
and other categories of cases specified in the CBI Crime Manual
are generally taken up by the CBI for investigation. The powers
and jurisdiction of the CBI are extended by the Central
Government to the area of a State, for investigation of an
offence in that State, under section 5 of the Delhi Special
Police Establishment Act,1946, after obtaining consent of the
concerned State Government under section 6 of the Act. The
Supreme Court and the various High Courts also entrust cases for
investigation to the CBI.
