<h1>IRCTC scam case: challenge to framing of charges prompts requirement for agency response and further hearing.</h1> The high court has issued notice and sought the investigating agency's response to a petition challenging the trial court's framing of charges in an IRCTC hotels allocation matter, where the chargesheet alleges a multi-year conspiracy to transfer and lease railway hotels with tender manipulation favoring a private firm; the trial court framed charges for criminal conspiracy, cheating, and offences under the Prevention of Corruption Act against multiple individuals and corporate entities.