SAMPAT SINGH Vs. STATE OF HARYANA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The above Special Leave Petition is preferred by the petitioners of whom petitioners Nos. 1 to 16 are members of the Legislative Assembly of Haryana and petitioners Nos. 17 to 19 are members of the Parliament. They all jointly filed a Civil Writ Petition No. 14500 of 1991 under Article 226 of the Contitution of India before the High Court of Punjab and Haryana, Chandigarh seeking various reliefs, the main of which being to direct an investigation by Central Bureau of Investigation against Ch. Bhajan Lal on the basis of F.I.R. No. 372 of 1987 of Sadar Police Station, registered on the complaint of Dharam Pal, making serious allegations of corruption, misuse of authority etc. and for setting aside the order of the Magistrate discharging the accused, Ch. Bhajan Lal.

(2.) The High Court dismissed the petition by a brief order without going into the locus standi of the petitioners. The relevant portion of the impugned order is as follows :

(3.) Hence this SLP.