Bombay High Court on Wednesday adjourned to June 8 the hearing of a petition filed by Maharashtra challenging two paragraphs in CBI’s First Information Report (FIR) against ex-Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in an alleged corruption case.
The High Court has also asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to not take action till the next hearing.
Earlier, CBI has demanded a hearing of the plea by the same bench of Chief Justice Datta and Justice Kulkarni’s bench, which has ordered a preliminary inquiry in this matter on April 5.
The matter will now be placed before Chief Justice Dipankar Datta’s bench at 10.30 am on June 8 for further directions.
The state of Maharashtra has filed this petition challenging two paragraphs of the CBI FIR in the alleged corruption matter against Anil Deshmukh and others.
The petition seeks to quash two paragraphs in CBI’s FIR, which are about the reinstatement of Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Waze and alleged undue influence over the transfer of police officers by the home department.
“The April 5 order of Bombay High Court had not mandated this matter to be investigated, so, in these circumstances investigating a matter which is not mandated by HC or a prior consent of state is not taken before investigating, this is an illegal act as per law,” the plea stated.
Surjitt Sahani
