The Madras High Court Bench here on Wednesday expressed dissatisfaction over a report filed by the CBI in a case alleging 14 named individuals here of attempting to shield their illegal activities such as land grabbing and smuggling by purchasing law degrees from private institutions in the neighbouring States.
Justice S. Nagamuthu said that he was not satisfied with the report as it did not contain any substantial detail sought by the court on April 22, but for stating that private institutions in Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka had been admitting students under management quota without insisting on clearing common entrance test for law courses.
The report filed by the Superintendent of Police, CBI-Anti-Corruption Branch, Chennai, stated that it was difficult to gather details as the petitioner, advocate K. Sriguru of Madurai, had not specified the names of the institutions in which the 14 individuals were undergoing law courses. “It is difficult to visit each and every college to cross check the names of the respondents ,” it added.
However, stating that the CBI sleuths had made random checks with a few institutions in some parts of Andhra Pradesh bordering Tamil Nadu, the SP said: “It was learnt that there were chances of students mentioned in the petition were studying.” Further enclosing statements obtained from 11 of those individuals, the SP said that two had completed their course, three had discontinued and the rest were studying.
