India, Aug. 13 -- New Delhi

The Delhi High Court rebuked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for its laxity in initiating criminal action against Delhi Development Authority (DDA) officials and other individuals involved in the poor quality construction of Signature View Apartments in Delhi's Mukherjee Nagar, and criticised it for citing the lack of requisite sanction as a reason for the delay.

The agency faced the ire of justice Girish Kathpalia on Monday, after the flat owners' lawyer, Ajay Aggarwal, apprised the court of lieutenant governor (LG) VK Saxena's direction to initiate criminal action against errant officials of the DDA and other agencies in 2023, and a vigilance inquiry to identify officers responsible for the lapse....