Chandigarh, May 25 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has held that there was no infirmity in the December 1, 2020, order of CBI special court, Panchkula, whereby charges were framed against former bureaucrats and others in Manesar land deal case.

"...this court finds no infirmity, legal or procedural, in the impugned order passed by the learned Special Court. The impugned order has been rendered in accordance with settled legal principles and does not warrant interference," the bench of justice Manjari Nehru Kaul said in the detailed judgment released of pronouncements made on May 15.

The pleas were from former CM, Bhupinder Singh Hooda's then principal secretaries, Murari Lal Tayal and Chhatar Singh; then director town and country p...