<p>The Supreme Court Friday quashed criminal proceedings against former railway minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief in an alleged case of graft under the Prevention of Corruption Act. <br /><br />In a case dating back to 1995, Sharief was accused of corrupt practices by taking his personal staff to London during one of his various trips as railway minister. <br />Quashing the proceedings, an apex court bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi said the matter could not be construed as a corrupt or illegal activity for any pecuniary gains for himself.</p>.<p>Sharief was railway minister during the Congress government led by P.V. Narasimha Rao. <br /><br />The CBI had alleged that Sharief forced the managing directors of two public sector undertakings to sanction travel for four of his employees during the trip for a heart operation. <br /></p>
<p>The Supreme Court Friday quashed criminal proceedings against former railway minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief in an alleged case of graft under the Prevention of Corruption Act. <br /><br />In a case dating back to 1995, Sharief was accused of corrupt practices by taking his personal staff to London during one of his various trips as railway minister. <br />Quashing the proceedings, an apex court bench of Justices P. Sathasivam and Ranjan Gogoi said the matter could not be construed as a corrupt or illegal activity for any pecuniary gains for himself.</p>.<p>Sharief was railway minister during the Congress government led by P.V. Narasimha Rao. <br /><br />The CBI had alleged that Sharief forced the managing directors of two public sector undertakings to sanction travel for four of his employees during the trip for a heart operation. <br /></p>