<p>The Delhi High Court today sought response of the CBI on IAS officer Sanjiv Kumar's appeal against his conviction and 10-year jail term in the case of illegal recruitments of teachers in Haryana.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Justice Mukta Gupta issued a notice to the probe agency on the plea filed by Kumar, who was convicted and sentenced along with former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala and 53 others in the case of illegal recruitment of 3,206 junior basic teachers (JBT) in 2000.<br /><br />The High Court has fixed the matter for further hearing on April 8.<br /><br />Kumar, the then Director of Primary Education in Haryana, had initially exposed the scam after he filed a plea in the Supreme Court. Later, he was also found to be involved in the scam during a CBI probe.<br /><br />On February 14, Chautala moved the high court against his conviction and sentence awarded in the JBT scam. He has also sought interim bail in the case.<br /><br />The high court, on Chautala's plea, issued a notice to the CBI and sought his medical records from jail authorities.<br /><br />Kumar along with O P Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and 52 others were sentenced to varying jail terms in the case by a special CBI court on January 22.<br /><br />Apart from the Chautalas and Kumar, Chautala's former Officer on Special Duty Vidya Dhar and political advisor to the then Haryana CM Sher Singh Badshami were also given 10-year jail terms.<br /><br />The others who have been given 10-year jail term are Madan Lal Kalra, Durga Dutt Pradhan, Bani Singh, Ram Singh and Daya Saini.<br /><br />Apart from them, one convict has been handed five-year jail and the rest 44 were given four years of imprisonment. Among the 55 convicts, 16 were women officials.<br />The special CBI court, on January 16, had convicted all of the 55 accused in the case.</p>
<p>The Delhi High Court today sought response of the CBI on IAS officer Sanjiv Kumar's appeal against his conviction and 10-year jail term in the case of illegal recruitments of teachers in Haryana.<br /><br /></p>.<p>Justice Mukta Gupta issued a notice to the probe agency on the plea filed by Kumar, who was convicted and sentenced along with former Haryana Chief Minister O P Chautala and 53 others in the case of illegal recruitment of 3,206 junior basic teachers (JBT) in 2000.<br /><br />The High Court has fixed the matter for further hearing on April 8.<br /><br />Kumar, the then Director of Primary Education in Haryana, had initially exposed the scam after he filed a plea in the Supreme Court. Later, he was also found to be involved in the scam during a CBI probe.<br /><br />On February 14, Chautala moved the high court against his conviction and sentence awarded in the JBT scam. He has also sought interim bail in the case.<br /><br />The high court, on Chautala's plea, issued a notice to the CBI and sought his medical records from jail authorities.<br /><br />Kumar along with O P Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and 52 others were sentenced to varying jail terms in the case by a special CBI court on January 22.<br /><br />Apart from the Chautalas and Kumar, Chautala's former Officer on Special Duty Vidya Dhar and political advisor to the then Haryana CM Sher Singh Badshami were also given 10-year jail terms.<br /><br />The others who have been given 10-year jail term are Madan Lal Kalra, Durga Dutt Pradhan, Bani Singh, Ram Singh and Daya Saini.<br /><br />Apart from them, one convict has been handed five-year jail and the rest 44 were given four years of imprisonment. Among the 55 convicts, 16 were women officials.<br />The special CBI court, on January 16, had convicted all of the 55 accused in the case.</p>