The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the CBI to further investigate the alleged attempt by Kerala police and officials to frame then Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) scientist S. Nambi Narayanan in an espionage case in 1994.
It asked the CBI to conduct the probe on the basis of a confidential report prepared by a committee headed by a former Supreme Court judge, Justice D.K. Jain, and submit a report within three months.
The bench of Justices A.M. Khanwilkar, Dinesh Maheshwari and Krishna Murari passed the directive after examining the sealed-cover Jain report, which has found certain “acts of omission and commission” by some officials in the then Kerala administration.
The Centre on Monday urged the Supreme Court to take action on the court-appointed panel’s recommendation for action against certain officials responsible for falsely implicating eminent Isro scientist S. Nambi Narayanan in the 1994 alleged espionage case.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India S.A. Bobde said it understands the importance of the matter but there was no need for any urgent listing as urged by solicitor-general Tushar Mehta.
“We understand the importance. But there is no urgency in it. Let’s have it next week,” the bench, also comprising Justices A.S. Bopanna and V. Ramasubramanian, told the government law officer after he sought an urgent listing of the matter preferably on Tuesday.