The Delhi high court on Friday refused to entertain a plea by a lawyer claiming a fraud of ₹7,100 crore in the deal between the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) and the Anil Ambani-led Reliance Infrastructure for the construction of the Airport Express Metro line , saying that it was “half-baked”, “misconceived” and filed without any research.
The public interest litigation (PIL) alleged that the agreement and release of ₹7,100 crore between DMRC and Reliance Infra is an outcome of corruption and fraud for vested interest to draw commission out of the entire amount.
A bench of justices Manmohan and Navin Chawla came down heavily on advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, petitioner-in-person, for not approaching DMRC before moving court or doing any homework.
