This was hours after the High Court - despite initially criticising Param Bir Singh for failing to follow due process by filing a FIR - directed the CBI to conduct a probe that, it argued, had to be carried out by an independent agency to safeguard the fundamental rights of the citizens.
They argued that the High Court could not order such a probe without giving the former Home Minister an opportunity to explain. It was also pointed out that the CBI itself was being headed an interim figure; a case related to that matter is being heard in another court.
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The Maharashtra Government has approached Supreme Court Challenging the Bombay High Court Order directing CBI to conduct preliminary inquiry in to the corruption allegations made by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh.
The Special Leave Petition filed by the Maha Vikas Agadi government seeks to set aside the High Court order for preliminary enquiry into the extortion allegations levelled by former Mumbai Police Commissioner against the Home Minister(since resigned) Anil Deshmukh.
Anil Deshmukh has also filed a separate petition challenging the High Court order. The petitions were filed today morning.
Deshmukh raises the following arguments to challenge the judgment passed by a division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni on April 5 :
Anil Deshmukh and the Maharashtra government have challenged the Bombay High Court order that allowed the CBI to probe corruption charges against Deshmukh. In his plea, Anil Deshmukh has argued that the HC did not follow proper procedure.
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], April 5 (ANI): Bombay High Court on Monday asked the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to start a preliminary inquiry within 15 days into corruption allegations against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh.