The Supreme
Court on Friday granted four-week extension to the Central Bureau of
Investigation and Reserve Bank of India to file reply on a plea filed by BJP
leader Subramanian Swamy seeking probe into the alleged role of the
central bank officials in various banking scams.
A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Vikram Nath said it
will hear the matter after six weeks.
The top court had issued notices to the CBI and
ED on October 17.
Swamy has alleged that the involvement of RBI officials
in scams involving various entities such as Kingfisher, Bank of Maharashtra and
Yes Bank had not been probed.
He contended that despite playing a key role in the
allocation of funds to various projects, RBI nominees have not been
touched by CBI enquiries from 2000 till today.
"Not a single RBI official has been
brought to justice despite RBI retaining the power to monitor, regulate,
supervise, audit and direct the functioning of all banking companies in
India," the plea submitted.
The plea also alleged that RBI officials had acted in
demonstrable active connivance in direct violation of statutes, including the
Reserve Bank of India Act, Banking Regulation Act and State Bank of India Act.