Though Nageshwar Rao commit ‘mistake’, Apex Court fined him for contempt of court

The Supreme Court bench headed by CJI Ranjan Gogoi today held CBI Additional Director M Nageswara Rao guilty of contempt of court for transferring the investigating officer heading the probe in Muzaffarpur shelter home case in violation of the orders of the Court.

The Court sentenced him till the rising of the Court and imposed a fine of Rs. one lakh, after noting that the transfer orders were passed by him despite knowing that the SC had ordered that the investigation team should not be changed.

The CJI remarked "Even if we accept his apology, his career record will remain blemished, as he has admitted of committing contempt". Yesterday, Rao had filed an affidavit, stating that the transfer order was issued by mistake and offered unconditional and unqualified apology.

On February 7 the bench came down heavily on CBI for transferring its former Joint Director A K Sharma, who was probing Bihar's shelter home cases, out of the agency in violation of the court's order and directed its then interim chief M Nageswara Rao to personally appear before it on February 12.