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Delhi High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the petition of former Bihar Chief Minister Lalu Prasad Yadav. In this petition, Lalu has challenged the order of the trial court, which had directed to frame criminal charges against him and his family members in the alleged IRCTC hotel scam case.

After hearing the case, a single-judge bench of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma sought a response from the central agency and issued notice on the criminal revision petition filed by Lalu Prasad Yadav as well as the stay application. Justice Sharma has fixed January 14 for the next hearing of the case.

The Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) chief has challenged the order passed by the Rouse Avenue court, which had found sufficient grounds to proceed against him and other accused for offenses to corruption, criminal conspiracy and cheating in connection with the IRCTC scam.

Special Judge (PC Act), Delhi’s Rouse Avenue Court, Vishal Gogane, in an order passed on October 13, 2025, cleared the way for the trial of Lalu Prasad Yadav, his son Tejashwi Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and other accused under sections 420 (cheating) and 120B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) as well as the Prevention of Corruption Act after they pleaded innocent to the charges. Told.

The special court had on May 29 reserved its order after hearing detailed arguments on framing of charges against Lalu Prasad, his family members, Prem Gupta, Sarla Gupta and railway officials Rakesh Saxena and PK Goyal.

The alleged scam took place between 2004 and 2009, when Lalu Prasad was the Union Railway Minister. During his tenure, two hotels were given on lease without following the rules.