Goa, June 18 -- In a major development, the North Goa Sessions Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to register a First Information Report (FIR) within 24 hours in connection with a massive Rs.300 crore land scam involving government-owned property allotted to the Economic Development Corporation (EDC).

The directive comes after the High Court of Bombay at Goa, on October 15, 2024, overturned a previous 2020 Sessions Court order that had dismissed the plea for criminal investigation. The High Court instructed the lower court to reconsider the case afresh, following which the Sessions Court acknowledged the merits of the complaint.

The case, initiated through a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) by a group of citize...