The Supreme Court on Wednesday agreed to hear a petition filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against the protection from arrest granted to sacked Income Tax commissioner S K Srivastava by the Odisha High Court.The matter was mentioned before a bench headed by Justice N V Ramana, which was subsequently allowed.The High Court had accorded him protection from arrest in a corruption case.Earlier this year, the investigating agency had allegedly recovered gold jewellery worth Rs 2.5 crore and cash over Rs 16.5 crore from his residence, following which he was sacked.
