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The Sahara-Birla matter of 2017 echoed in today s proceeding pertaining to the challenge posed by Maharashtra Government and former Home Minister of the State Anil Deshmukh against the Bombay High Court direction for a preliminary inquiry by the CBI into the allegations raised by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for Deshmukh, drew parallels with the 2017 case wherein a Division Bench of Justices Arun Mishra and Amitava Roy had held that documents from Sahara-Birla offices indicating an alleged pay-off to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and other public servants, were not cogent enough to direct for a Court-monitored independent investigation. In that case, the Court had held that enquiry cannot be ordered on the basis of documents which are not admissible in evidence.