India, Jan. 28 -- The Delhi High Court recently allowed quashing of a notice issued by the CBI to retired Chhattisgarh High Court Justice IM Quddusi in connection with a medical college bribery case. The CBI notice sought details about Quddusi's mobile numbers, bank accounts and domestic staff.

In an order passed on January 12, Justice Neena Bansal Krishna noted that the CBI notice was issued under Section 91 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC), a provision meant for the production of specific, pre-existing documents or objects, not for compelling an accused to create information based on personal knowledge.

"By issuing a Notice under Section 91 for what is essentially a questionnaire, the Petitioner (CBI) is attempting to bypass t...