Maharashtra govt, Anil Deshmukh to move SC against HC order of CBI probe
The Maharashtra government will move the Supreme Court against the Bombay HC order on a CBI probe into the corruption charges levelled by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh against Anil Deshmukh.
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UPDATED: April 5, 2021 18:35 IST
Both the Maharashtra government and Anil Deshmukh will be filing pleas in the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order on Param Bir Singh s plea. (Photo: Getty Images)
The Maharashtra government will be knocking on the doors of the Supreme Court against the Bombay High Court order in the Anil Deshmukh case.
HC asks CBI to probe Param Bir s allegations against Deshmukh Extraordinary and unprecedented case that warrants an independent inquiry, says two-judge bench
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry within 15 days into allegations of corruption and misconduct levelled by former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
A bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G S Kulkarni said this was an extraordinary and unprecedented case that warranted an independent inquiry.
The court said since the state government had already ordered for a probe by a high-level committee into the matter, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) need not immediately register an FIR in the case.
Amid a heated political environment in the state, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader and Sharad Pawar’s close aide Dilip Walse Patil on Monday, 5 April replaced Anil Deshmukh as the Home Minister of Maharashtra.
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The Bombay High Court on Monday directed CBI to conduct preliminary inquiry in to corruption allegations against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice GS Kulkarni has ordered the CBI director to conclude the inquiry within 15 days and take further action in accordance with law. Interest of justice will be done if the director of CBI is allowed to conduct preliminary inquiry. Once preliminary inquiry is complete, director CBI be at discretion to further course of action.
The bench held that an un-biased probe is required to unearth the truth.
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry within 15 days into allegations of corruption and misconduct made by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni said this was an extraordinary and unprecedented case that warranted an independent inquiry. It directed the Central Bureau of Investigation s (CBI) director to complete the preliminary inquiry within 15 days and then take a decision on further course of action. The bench was presiding over three public interest litigations, including one filed by Singh himself, another by city-based lawyer Jayshree Patil, and the third by teacher Mohan Bhide, seeking various reliefs.