Eighteen years after he was suspended from the Indian Revenue Service (IRS) and slapped with corruption cases by the CBI, Ashok Kumar Aggarwal Wednesday got relief from the Delhi High Court.

In a 127-page order, the bench of Justice Siddharth Mridul set aside the sanction for prosecution granted by the government and the charges framed by the CBI against Aggarwal.

The court also observed that the agency’s investigation against Aggarwal “smacks of intentional mischief”.

“… In my opinion it would be unfair, unjust and contrary to the interests of justice to expose the petitioner to another round of litigation and keep him on trial for an indefinitely long period,” held the bench.

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