India, Nov. 21 -- The Delhi High Court on Friday refused to restrain the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from filing a chargesheet against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra in the alleged cash-for-query case.

This came after Moitra's counsel, Nidhesh Gupta, made the request following the bench of Justices Anil Kshetarpal and Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar reserving its judgment on her petition challenging the Lokpal's November 12 order granting the CBI sanction to file a chargesheet.

According to the November 12 order, the Lokpal had directed the CBI to file a charge sheet within four weeks, and mandated that a copy be submitted to Lokpal.

However, the court stressed that it had reserved the verdict and all the reliefs would ...