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Satyendar Jain: Delhi PWD creative team hiring case case status

Public Works Department Minister, Government of Delhi. The CBI case alleged irregularities in hiring outside staff for Delhi Public Works Department projects while Jain was PWD minister, including tender terms allegedly changed so a private firm could qualify.

Status: ClosedOn 4 August 2025 a special court accepted the CBI's closure report and closed the case. The Tribune reported that the CBI found no evidence of illegal gratification or wrongdoing and can reopen the probe if new material emerges.
Country
India
Agency
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI)
Court
Special Judge (PC Act), Rouse Avenue Courts, New Delhi
Status date
4 August 2025

Case history

  1. The CBI registered the case, according to PTI.1
  2. Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh accepted the CBI closure report and closed the FIR.1,2

Response

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal said "We were sent to jail by filing false cases against us" (The Tribune). No statement from Jain himself was found.

Sources

  1. The Week (PTI), Special court accepts CBI closure report in PWD hiring case against AAP leader Satyendar Jain (4 August 2025)
  2. The Tribune, Court shuts graft case against Satyendar (5 August 2025)

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