Maharashtra: Anil Deshmukh Moves Bombay HC Over CBI s Corruption FIR
The former home minister also sought interim orders granting him protection from any coercive action.
Param Bir Singh and Anil Deshmukh. Photos: PTI/Twitter Illustration: The Wire
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Mumbai: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation on the charges of corruption.
He also sought interim orders granting him protection from any coercive action.
The plea is likely to be heard by a division bench of Justices S.S. Shinde and Manish Pitale this week.
Former Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh moves Bombay HC to challenge CBI’s FIR
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The court had directed investigation in the clutch of petitions including three PILs, including the one filed by Param Bir Singh, and two writ petitions seeking CBI investigation into the matter.
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Both Deshmukh and his party, the Nationalist Congress Party, have refuted the allegations.
Anil Deshmukh, Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh has filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the charges of corruption.
As per the Bombay High Court website, he has approached the court on Monday, May 3, through his lawyer Sonali Jadhav and seeking an interim order to protect him from any ‘coercive action’ by the central investigation agency.
Ex-Maharashtra minister Anil Deshmukh moves Bombay HC for quashing of CBI FIR
Anil Deshmukh, who had rejected the allegations levelled against him, resigned as home minister on April 5 after the Bombay HC ordered the PE against him.
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MUMBAI: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation on the charges of corruption.
He also sought interim orders granting him protection from any coercive action.
The plea is likely to be heard by a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale this week.
May 03, 2021, 23:29 PM IST
Mumbai: Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh on Monday (May 3) filed a petition in the Bombay High Court seeking to quash the FIR registered against him by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the charges of corruption.
He also sought interim orders granting him protection from any coercive action, reported news agency PTI.
The plea is likely to be heard sometime this week by a division bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale.
The CBI on April 21 had registered an FIR against the NCP leader under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act which deals with illegal gratification obtained by a public servant and section 120 (b) (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).
He was 81. The former MP, who was the father of Maharashtra School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad, succumbed to the viral infection at a city hospital around 10 am, the sources added. Eknath Gaikwad had also served as the president of the Mumbai Congress. Describing Gaikwad as a father-like figure and mentor , Maharashtra Congress spokesperson Sachin Sawant said the death was quite saddening . Congress party and I have suffered immense loss. Short of words. Tributes! Sawant tweeted.
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