Thursday, June 2 2005 16:06 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

New Delhi: Notwithstanding Congress exuberance over the Delhi High Court judgement, the CPM (Communist Party of India Marxist) today (June 2, 2005) demanded that the CBI revive the Bofors case through appropriate legal process.

"It is surprising that after such a long investigation, such infirmities and elementary errors existed in preparing the case," the party Polit Bureau said in a statement.

Observing that the Delhi High Court quashed the proceedings against the Hinduja brothers and the Bofors Company as the documents and materials produced by CBI were not original documents or authenticated copies, the CPM said the Bofors gun deal was "an important case highlighting corruption in high places".

"Neither the CBI nor the judicial process in our country has been able to produce a verdict in all high-level corruption cases. This has eroded the people's faith that the system is incapable of bringing to book those who misuse public funds", the Polit Bureau said.

The CPM demanded that the CBI "remove the infirmities in the case material and revive the case through appropriate legal process".