Vyapam Scam: SC to hear CBI plea on Monday for filing chargesheet

The Supreme Court on Thursday agreed to hear on Monday the plea of CBI that Special Investigation Team (SIT) be allowed to file charge sheets in the Vyapam scam cases in which the investigation is over. A three-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice H L Dattu, fixed the plea of the probe agency for hearing on July 20 and asked CBI to serve the copy of the application to the parties concerned. On the other hand the day-long statewide bandh called by Madhya Pradesh Congress on Thursday began with party general secretary Digvijaya Singh and state unit president Arun Yadav demanding chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's resignation over the Vyapam scam.The bandh was not supported by a section of Muslim community as it was called on the eve of Eid festival.