New Delhi, March 4 (IANS): The Delhi High Court will pronounce on Thursday its verdict on the 2000 illegal teacher recruitment scam in Haryana.
Justice Siddharth Mridul will pass the judgment after he reserved the order July 11 last year on the appeals of accused former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, his son Ajay Chautala and others against punishment awarded to them by a trial court here.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court here on Jan 22, 2013, had sentenced the Chautalas and eight others to 10 years in jail after finding them guilty of illegally recruiting 3,206 junior basic trained teachers in 2000.
One convict was sentenced to five years in jail, while 45 others were handed out four-year jail term each in the case.