‘Affordable popularity’: Bombay HC pulls lawyer for Anil Deshmukh, Param Bir Singh for investigation

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday reprimanded a lawyer for filing a “copy-paste” petition against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh, saying it was “prima facie filed for cheap popularity”. Was. Mumbai-based lawyer Jayashree Patil had demanded a CBI inquiry into corruption charges against Deshmukh. The petition has also sought directions to secure CCTV footage of the places where the alleged criminal conspiracy in the Ambani House bombings case, according to the letter written to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray of the Chief Minister’s fraternity.

Singh had alleged in the letter that Deshmukh has now suspended and arrested Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Veg in Mumbai, 1 Asked 750 bars and restaurants to collect Rs 100 crore every month, including Rs 40-50 crore. Deshmukh has denied the allegations leveled against him. Questioning his’ locus standi ‘on the matter, Patil said a bench of Justices SS Shinde and Manish Pitle said,’ The entire petition is cut-copy-paste. What is your locus standi? Can you speed up criminal law? Prima facie, our view is that such petitions are filed for cheap popularity. this is unacceptable. The request should have been done properly.

How is such an important petition? The court also asked Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbakoni, appearing for the state government, what action was taken on the complaint filed by Patil, to which the state government replied that the same was pending before the police. Kumbakoni also opposed Patil’s plea, saying “It is a lousy work done by the petitioner. Everything is copy-pasted in the petition.

There has been no attempt to find truth and veracity in the case. “He also told the court that there were other petitions on such an issue, including a petition filed by Param Bir Singh seeking a CBI inquiry against Deshmukh, which was cleared by Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta on Wednesday. The lead will be taken by the bench. At this, the court asked the AG to see if all the petitions could be clubbed together to ensure a ‘coherent order’ in all the pleas. The order states, “On the instructions, the states shall proceed to petition for a general hearing.” Param Bir Singh has sought directions from the state government to ensure the transfer / posting of police officers, Neither any politician is given peculiar benefits nor in violation of SC orders based on the principle of insulating the police system from political / executive interference. .