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Court ultimatum forces govt to act in Kesri case

Acting on the Delhi high court's ultimatum, the Union government has decided to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to take all necessary action for procuring certain important papers related to the Rs 37.5 million Foreign Contribution Regulation Act violation case against the Congress and its former presidents Sitaram Kesri and P V Narasimha Rao.

In an affidavit filed before the court, FCRA division director Sanjiv Datta said, ''It has been decided by the central government to direct the CBI to procure necessary papers as desired by the high court for production before it.''

A division bench comprising acting Chief Justice Mahinder Narain and Justice S K Mahajan had, during the last date of hearing on April 1, asked the government to file an affidavit as to whether it was investigating the case at all.

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