Three Sitting Sessions Judges Accused of Fraud and Superstition Likely To Be Arrested
A decade-long agitation and finally a favourable order by the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay HC has led to the registration of a criminal case in the alleged embezzlement of funds at a temple trust.
Mohta Devi temple. Photo: www.shrimohatadevi.org/
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Mumbai: Over a decade ago, three sitting district judges, also members of a temple trust, were allegedly involved in a rather bizarre act of superstition and embezzlement of funds. A decade-long agitation and a favourable order by the Aurangabad bench of the Bombay high court has now led to the registration of a criminal case in the incident. The judges, even as they continue to preside over their respective courts across different districts of Maharashtra, are facing the inevitability of arrest.
The Aurangabad Bench of the Bombay High Court noted that government authorities, including police officers and judicial officers should work with a secular mind and avoid the general fear of.
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MUMBAI: Ahmednagar police on Friday evening registered a case of criminal breach of trust, cheating and an offence under the Black Magic Act against then district judge-2 and chairman of the Jagdamba Devi Sarvajanik Trust in Pathardi, the then chief executive officer of the trust and other trustees following a directive by the Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court in a case of alleged misappropriation of temple property.
“We have registered the FIR on the basis of HC directives and I will personally monitor the investigation to be done by an officer of the rank of deputy superintendent of police,” Ahmednagar SP Manoj Patil told TOI. Punishment under the Black Magic Act is a minimum of six months’ imprisonment and a maximum of seven years. It is a cognizable and non-bailable offence.
State authorities must work with secular mind, says Bombay High Court
State authorities must work with secular mind, says Bombay High Court
ByMohammed Akhef,Swati DeshpandeMohammed Akhef and Swati Deshpande / Updated: Feb 6, 2021, 13:21 IST
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Mumbai: Ahmednagar police on Friday evening registered a case of criminal breach of trust, cheating and an offence under the Black Magic Act against then district judge-2 and chairman of the Jagdamba Devi Sarvajanik Trust in
Pathardi, the then chief executive officer of the trust and other
trustees following a directive by the Aurangabad bench of Bombay high court in a case of alleged misappropriation of temple property.