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The Bombay High Court on Thursday said that the judiciary, central agencies and institutions should act independently, reported
Live Law.
A division bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitale were hearing a petition filed by Nationalist Congress Party leader Eknath Khadse, seeking to quash an Enforcement Directorate complaint registered against him in an alleged land grabbing case.
In an Enforcement Case Information Report filed against the NCP leader, his wife Mandakini Khadse and son-in-law Girish Choudhari in October 2020, the investigation agency alleged that Khadse had misused his position as the revenue minister in 2016 to buy a land at a lower price, causing a loss of Rs 62 crore to the public exchequer, PTI reported.
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Khadse s counsel Aabad Ponda sought the court to grant the former state revenue minister interim protection from any coercive action, pending hearing of the plea.
Khadse s counsel Aabad Ponda sought the court to grant the former state revenue minister interim protection from any coercive action, pending hearing of the plea.
A division bench was hearing a petition filed by NCP leader Eknath Khadse (File)
Mumbai:
The Bombay High Court on Thursday said the judiciary and agencies like the RBI, CBI and ED should act independently, and asked what heavens are going to fall if an interim protection from coercive action is granted for a few days to NCP leader Eknath Khadse in an alleged land grab case of 2016.
A division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale was hearing a petition filed by Mr Khadse, seeking to quash the Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in October last year.