New Delhi, August 14
The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear next week a PIL alleging siphoning of Rs 18,000 crore funds meant for granting scholarship to students belonging to Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
A bench comprising Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice AM Khanwilkar considered the submissions of lawyer ML Sharma seeking urgent hearing of the PIL.
Sharma, in his plea, has referred to a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India and said Rs 18,000 crore meant for scholarship for SC/ST community had been siphoned off by public servants and other functionaries.
The plea said the CAG performed the audit for 2013-2017 and found irregularities in the accounts of states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. PTI
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