Mumbai: The Maharashtra authorities and former state Home Minister Anil Deshmukh have moved the Supreme Court, difficult the Bombay High Court order directing a CBI preliminary enquiry into corruption allegations levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.
A division bench of Bombay High Court comprising Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice G.S. Kulkarni on Monday had requested the CBI to finish its “preliminary probe” inside 15 days on the problems raised by Singh in his “letter-bomb” final month.
However, the court docket stated that the CBI needn’t register a First Information Report (FIR) instantly because the Maharashtra authorities has already arrange a `high-level committee` to probe the matter. “The Government Resolution by the state government for a high-level committee leads us to believe that there is no interference required,” stated Chief Justice Datta.
Hours after the decision, Deshmukh give up his submit.
According to the Supreme Court web site, petitions filed by Maharashtra and Deshmukh have been filed within the prime court docket. However, no date on the listening to has been finalised to date. The standing on the highest court docket web site exhibits pending for each petitions.
Earlier on Tuesday, newly-appointed Home Minister Dilip Walse-Patil, who took cost, had stated: “The state government will challenge the Bombay HC order before the Supreme Court.”
Besides Singh`s PIL, the court docket heard three different pleas – one filed by Ghanshyam Upadhyay looking for a court-monitored SIT, one other by Mohan Bhide wanting a retired HC or SC choose to probe and a 3rd by Jayshri Patil for a CBI, or another unbiased company, probe.
In his plea, Singh had sought a radical probe by the CBI into his allegations that Deshmukh had requested arrested Mumbai policeman Sachin Vaze “to collect Rs 100 crore per month” and likewise challenged his personal switch to Commandant General, Home Guards.
The state had strongly objected to the plea on grounds that Singh made the allegations solely as a result of he was shunted out of his submit as Mumbai police chief.
