Govt reply full of falsehood: IPS officer Rahul Sharma to CAT
PTI | 07:01 PM,Jan 31,2012Ahmedabad, Jan 31(PTI)IPS officer Rahul Sharma has told the Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) that the Gujarat government's reply to his petition challenging chargesheet against him with regard to phone call records CD of the 2002 riot period, was full of 'falsehood' and 'contradictions'. In a rejoinder filed yesterday, Sharma has denied all contentions raised by the state government in its reply filed on January 12 to his petition before the CAT. Sharma, who had contended that he was being victimised for deposing before the Nanavati Commission probing the 2002 riot cases, claimed full immunity under section 6 of the Commissions of Inquiry Act from all civil and criminal proceeding except for perjury. The state government, which had denied Sharma's contention and described his petition as premature, today sought time from the Tribunal bench of Mukesh K Gupta and Ashok Kumar, to study Sharma's rejoinder, which was granted. Further hearing in the case is scheduled for February 21. In his rejoinder filed yesterday, Sharma has alleged that state government lied on oath before CAT stating it had knowledge about the existence of the CDs. "The reply filed by respondent 1 (government) is full of falsehoods and contradictions, which in effect, ends up supporting the contentions of the applicant (Sharma)," Sharma's rejoinder stated. Sharma has challenged the claims of the government that there was no connection between the enquiry initiated against him and his deposition before the Commission. He said that it was being done to deny him immunity under section 6 of Commissions of Inquiry Act. Government has admitted that it did not have knowledge about existence of the CDs and it first came to know about the CDs only through Sharma's deposition before the Commission, he pointed out. "The deposition of the applicant (Sharma) cannot be used to give birth to any enquiry against him in view of Section 6 of the Commission of Enquiry Act," he argued. "Once the source of such information is put before the Commission of Enquiry, it cannot be used in any manner to bring up any civil or criminal proceeding against the applicant (Sharma)," he added. MORE
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