As the Delhi Police filed its status report on the investigation, the apex court said that it was not happy with it and pulled up the police on various fronts.
The Supreme Court wanted to know why Delhi Police had not made even a single custodial interrogation in the case and that the investigation was not moving at a pace that it should. It also slammed the police for giving only some stories in its status report.
The SC granted Delhi Police two more weeks to file a fresh status report.
Former chief election commissioner (CEC) J.M. Lyngdoh had sought the formation of an special investigation team (SIT) and a court-monitored investigation into the July 2008 scam, when wads of cash were wave d in the Lok Sabha.
Lyngdoh had alleged in the petition that though the entire nation was shocked by the spectacle of three BJP MPs displaying wads of currency notes in Parliament as bribe money to vote in favour of the UPA during the 2008 trust vote, no action has so far been taken against those guilty.
On July 22, 2008, three BJP members - Ashok Argal, Faggan Singh Kulaste and Mahavir Bhagora - had placed Rs 1 crore cash in Lok Sabha alleging the money was given to them by floor managers of the UPA government to secure their support during the no-confidence motion after Left parties withdrew their support over the Indo-US nuclear deal.
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