<p>The Madhya Pradesh High Court today deferred till July 20 the hearing on the plea of the state government seeking handing over the Vyapam scam probe to CBI.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A division bench of the MP High Court comprising Chief Justice Ajay Manikrao Khankilwar and Justice Alok Aradhe deferred the hearing on the ground that the Supreme Court is to hear a clutch of similar pleas tomorrow, Additional Advocate General (AAG) P Kaurav told PTI.<br /><br />According to Kaurav, the MP government's plea states that following the "recent unfortunate incidents" related to Vyapam, it wants a CBI probe into the scam.<br /><br />The plea says MP police's Special Task Force was efficiently probing the scam under supervision of the Special Investigation Team headed by a retired High Court judge Chandresh Bhushan, appointed by the HC.<br /><br />But, with "the recent unfortunate developments" and demand from certain quarters and to clear the air", the government was seeking a CBI probe into it, it said.<br /><br />The Supreme Court had yesterday agreed to hear tomorrow the plea of Congress leader Digvijay Singh and three whistle-blowers -- Ashish Chaturvedi, Anand Rai and Prashant Pandey -- seeking a CBI probe into the scam.<br /><br />The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had yesterday requested the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur for a CBI inquiry in the scandal which is said to have claimed over 40 lives.<br />At least five people associated with the Vyapam scam have died under mysterious circumstances over the past one week.</p>
<p>The Madhya Pradesh High Court today deferred till July 20 the hearing on the plea of the state government seeking handing over the Vyapam scam probe to CBI.<br /><br /></p>.<p>A division bench of the MP High Court comprising Chief Justice Ajay Manikrao Khankilwar and Justice Alok Aradhe deferred the hearing on the ground that the Supreme Court is to hear a clutch of similar pleas tomorrow, Additional Advocate General (AAG) P Kaurav told PTI.<br /><br />According to Kaurav, the MP government's plea states that following the "recent unfortunate incidents" related to Vyapam, it wants a CBI probe into the scam.<br /><br />The plea says MP police's Special Task Force was efficiently probing the scam under supervision of the Special Investigation Team headed by a retired High Court judge Chandresh Bhushan, appointed by the HC.<br /><br />But, with "the recent unfortunate developments" and demand from certain quarters and to clear the air", the government was seeking a CBI probe into it, it said.<br /><br />The Supreme Court had yesterday agreed to hear tomorrow the plea of Congress leader Digvijay Singh and three whistle-blowers -- Ashish Chaturvedi, Anand Rai and Prashant Pandey -- seeking a CBI probe into the scam.<br /><br />The Shivraj Singh Chouhan government had yesterday requested the Madhya Pradesh High Court in Jabalpur for a CBI inquiry in the scandal which is said to have claimed over 40 lives.<br />At least five people associated with the Vyapam scam have died under mysterious circumstances over the past one week.</p>