India News: NEW DELHI: Extending a helping hand to India in its maiden human spaceflight mission, French space agency CNES on Thursday announced a space agreement.
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.
France inks pact with India, to provide space food, med, equipment for Gaganyaan mission | India News indiatimes.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from indiatimes.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The CBI, in its probe, had held that the then top police officials in Kerala were responsible for Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan s illegal arrest (File Photo)
NEW DELHI: The Centre Monday moved the Supreme Court seeking urgent hearing on the report filed by a high-level committee regarding the role of erring police officials in the 1994 espionage case relating to Isro scientist Nambi Narayanan who had been acquitted and was eventually awarded Rs 50 lakh compensation by the top court.
The matter was mentioned for urgent hearing by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta before a bench, headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde, which said that the case would be heard next week.