The Bombay High Court has expressed displeasure over the improper manner of functioning of the Maharashtra government while sending a letter to the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in November last year, asking it to reconsider Acting state Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjay Pandey’s name for empanelment for Maharashtra Director General of Police.
Mukerjea, who is in custody since 2015 in the murder case, made the plea through her lawyer. Korke is in custody in an extortion case of a developer, in which she is a co-accused of former city police chief Param Bir Singh.
A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Bombay High Court seeking direction to the Maharashtra government to appoint a permanent Director General of Police (DGP) as per the recommendation made by the Empanelment Committee of the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC).
The Bombay High Court issued a notice to former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis over irregularities in the transfer of accounts of police officials from a nationalised bank to a private bank.
The administrative committee of judges of the Bombay High Court took the decision to hear matters in a complete virtual mode till the end of January 2022 or till further orders.