Tatra scam: SC asks CBI to reply to Vectra chief's plea

New Delhi: The Supreme Court today allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to file its response to a petition of Vectra Group chairman Ravinder Kumar Rishi, facing probe in the Tatra truck deal, for permission to go abroad for a medical treatment. An apex court bench of Justice Altamas Kabir permitted the investigating agency to file its reply to a plea by Additional Solicitor General Hari Rawal, seeking time to file his response. [caption id=“attachment_396564” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] Screengrab from IBNLive.com[/caption] Ravinder Kumar Rishi of the Vectra Group is embroiled in the all-terrain Tatra truck import scam of the army. The court also permitted senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi to file a rejoinder to the reply by the CBI. The court last week issued notice on Ravinder Kumar Rishi’s plea to be permitted to go abroad for a medical treatment. The court has directed the listing of the matter for 7 July (Tuesday). IANS