Himachal CM caught in a web of legal cases

In another case pending against him, a public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed seeking a court-monitored investigation into allegations of corruption and a directive to the high court to reconsider a plea to implead him in the cricket body row.

"Even a faction of his own party is keenly monitoring the outcome of the latest status report filed by the CBI in the high court against Virbhadra Singh," a senior leader told IANS.

"We will examine the status report first. Renotify it April 2," a bench of acting Chief Justice B.D. Ahmed and Justice Siddharth Mridul observed March 12.

Senior counsel and AAP activist Prashant Bhushan's NGO Common Cause's plea alleged that it has made representation to the CBI and the Chief Vigilance Commission and, instead of registering a first information report, the CBI has lodged a preliminary enquiry.

In another setback to Virbhadra Singh, who is popularly known as "Raja Saab", the Supreme Court March 15 asked the state high court to reconsider a plea by the state cricket body led by BJP MP Anurag Thakur to implead the chief minister and three government officials.