However, a lawyer representing Dabholkar's daughter claimed before the court that the CBI has not investigated the case properly and there are many loopholes that are yet to be probed
Dabholkar, 67, a rationalist and the founder of the Maharashtra Andhashraddha Nirmoolan Samiti, an anti-superstition organization, was shot dead by two motorcycle-borne assailants while on a morning walk in Pune on August 20, 2013.
The Bombay High Court has asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) about the status of the investigation into the 2013 murder of rationalist Dr Narendra Dabholkar, while hearing a petition by Mr Dabholkar's daughter Mukta Dabholkar seeking that the court continue to monitor the investigation.
"We direct that there would be no stay of the proceedings before the Election Commission," the bench also comprising Justices M.R. Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and P.S. Narasimha said.