New Delhi, March 14 -- The Supreme Court on Friday stayed a Delhi High Court order directing the Lokpal to grant sanction within two months to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for filing a charge sheet against Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP Mahua Moitra in an alleged cash-for-query case. The order was passed on a petition filed by the Lokpal challenging two judgments of the high court -- the December 19, 2025 decision permitting Lokpal to grant sanction within a month followed by another order of January 23 extending this time by two months. The anti-corruption ombudsman, in its petition, said that while the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013 provides sanction to be granted at two stages -- first at the stage of filing of charge sheet under section 20(7) and later at the stage of initiating prosecution under section 20(8), the high court erroneously held there cannot be two sanctions contemplated by the Act. The court held that the first sanction should be deemed as the sanction for prosecution as well. On December 19, 2025, the high court had set aside an order of the Lokpal granting sanction to CBI to file a charge sheet in the alleged cash-for-query case. "The Lokpal is requested to accord its consideration for grant of sanction under Section 20 of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act 2013, strictly in accordance with provisions thereof as construed hereinabove, within a period of one month from today," the high court had said in paragraph 89 of the judgment....