IRCTC Scam: Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice to CBI on Tejashwi Yadav’s petition against the order framing of charges in the alleged IRCTC scam. Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma has asked the CBI to file a reply on Tejashwi’s petition and demand to stay the case.
The court has fixed January 14 as the next hearing date in this case. On the same day, a similar petition filed by Tejashwi Yadav’s father and former Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav will also be heard.
Order was given to prosecute
Earlier, on October 13, 2025, the lower court had framed charges against Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi, son Tejashwi Yadav and 11 other accused. They were ordered to be prosecuted under the Indian Penal Code (IPC), criminal conspiracy and Prevention of Corruption Act.
Tejashwi Yadav and former Railway Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav have challenged this order of the lower court in the High Court. This case is related to the alleged irregularities in giving the operation of two hotels of Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) to a private company.
Apart from Lalu Yadav, the court had framed charges against Pradeep Kumar Goyal, Rakesh Saxena, Bhupendra Kumar Aggarwal, Rakesh Kumar Gogia and Vinod Kumar Asthana under Section 13(2) and Section 13(1)(d)(ii) and (iii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The court had said that Section 13(2) pertains to criminal misconduct by a public servant, while Section 13(1)(d)(ii) and (iii) pertain to misuse of official position by a public servant to gain advantage. Apart from this, the court had also directed to frame charges against Lalu Prasad Yadav, Rabri Devi, Tejashwi Yadav, M/s Lara Projects LLP, Vijay Kochhar, Vinay Kochhar, Sarla Gupta and Prem Chand Gupta under section 420 of IPC i.e. cheating.
Charges were framed in these sections
The court had said that similar charges would be framed against all the 14 accused under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), section 420 of the Indian Penal Code and sections 13(2) and 13(1)(d)(ii) and (iii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act. Under the Prevention of Corruption Act, the maximum punishment can be up to 10 years, while in the case of fraud, there is a provision of punishment up to seven years.
(with agency input)
