Bombay HC To Hear Param Bir Singh’s PIL Against Deshmukh On Mar 31
Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Tuesday said that it will hear the PIL filed by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh on Wednesday.
The PIL has sought a CBI probe against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. Singh has alleged that Deshmukh had asked suspended Assistant Police Inspector Sachin Vaze to collect ₹100 crores from bars and restaurants.
Singh filed the criminal Public Interest Litigation (PIL) in the HC on March 25.
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He claimed that Deshmukh had asked police officers, including suspended assistant police inspector Sachin Waze, who was arrested by the NIA in a bomb scandal near the home of industrialist Mukesh Ambani in Mumbai, to collect ₹100 crores each month from bars and restaurants.
The PIL also raised the issue of alleged corruption in police transfers and postings in the state.
Senior advocate Vikram Nankani, appearing for Singh, referred the petition before a bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice GS Kulkarni on Tuesday and demanded an immediate hearing.
Chief Justice Dutta asked Nankani about the prayers sought in the petition and if the PIL remains intact.
Nankani said the plea sought in the petition was for a CBI inquiry into the serious allegations levelled against the Minister of State by a senior IPS officer.
“We will satisfy the court with arguments on the maintainability of the petition,” Nankani said.
Singh had initially approached the Supreme Court, alleging he was transferred from the post of Commissioner Police of Mumbai on March 17 and shunted to the Home Guards department after he complained to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and other senior leaders about the “corrupt malpractices” of Deshmukh
The apex court had termed the matter as quite serious but asked Singh to approach the high court.
Singh then filed the PIL in the HC, reiterating his allegations against Deshmukh and seeking an “immediate, unbiased, impartial” probe by the CBI against Deshmukh, who is an NCP leader
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