Chandigarh, March 29 -- A CBI court in Chandigarh Saturday acquitted former Punjab and Haryana High Court judge Justice (Retd) Nirmal Yadav and four others in a 17-year-old corruption case.

She was accused of receiving Rs 15 lakh in cash while serving as a judge in the Punjab and Haryana High Court in 2008.

The trial court of Chandigarh completed the hearing and reserved the decision in the case of a packet containing Rs 15 lakh that reached Justice Nirmaljit Kaur's official residence 17 years ago.

The CBI had registered an FIR in this case in 2008. The court of Additional Sessions Judge Alka Malik had completed the final arguments in this case and had reserved the decision.

Vishal Garg Narwana, lawyer of Justice Nirmal Yadav, told AN...