SC asks CVC about assistance in probe against ex-CBI chief

 The Supreme Court on Monday sought to know from the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) about the assistance it could provide in the probe against former CBI Director Ranjit Sinha, who was accused of scuttling investigations in the coal block allocation scam.

“We want to know from the CVC, what assistance we can get from it in the probe,” a Bench comprising Justices MB lokur, Kurian Joseph and AK Sikri said while posting the matter for September 7.

Attorney-General Mukul Rohatgi said that he will get back to the Chief Vigilance Commissioner and whether his office can do the inquiry or not and then inform the court.

He said it was because of the fact that the nature of probe against Sinha would be like a police inquiry.Senior advocate Amarender Sharan, appearing for CBI, said instead of going into all this, it would be appropriate to look into the 14 regular cases, which were dealt by Sinha to ascertain any wrong doing on his part.