Bombay HC raps lawyer over plea looking for probe towards Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh

The Bombay High Court on Tuesday took a dim view of a petition filed by a lawyer looking for a CBI probe towards Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh and former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh, saying such pleas have been typically filed for “cheap publicity”.
A bench of Justices S S Shinde and Manish Pitale was listening to a plea filed by Jaishri Patil, urging the HC to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) or another unbiased company to probe into the allegations of corruption towards Deshmukh.
In her plea filed final week, Patil stated Deshmukh and Singh acted in breach of their skilled duties throughout the complete episode of an explosives-laden SUV discovered close to industrialist Mukesh Ambani’s residence in Mumbai, the loss of life of the automobile’s proprietor Mansukh Hiran, the arrest of Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze and associated occasions.
Deshmukh has denied the allegations towards him.

On Tuesday, Patil instructed the HC that she had additionally filed a grievance at a neighborhood police station concerning the complete episode.
The courtroom, nevertheless, stated, “Prima facie we are of opinion that such petitions are filed for cheap popularity. It is unacceptable.”
The bench requested what was Patil’s locus standi within the matter.
Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni instructed the bench that Param Bir Singh had additionally approached the HC and his petition was saved earlier than the Chief Justice’s courtroom for listening to on Wednesday.
About Patil’s plea, Kumbhakoni stated the petition was very “badly drafted”.
The bench famous that Patil’s plea merely reproduced conversations between the state Home minister and Singh.
“You are a doctorate of law. Please show us some original pleading in your petition. You have only reproduced conversations between the former Commissioner and Home Minster. You are only extracting paragraphs after paragraphs,” the bench stated to Patil.
“And what is your locus? What is your reason for setting the wheels of criminal law in motion? And what is your contribution in the plea?” the courtroom requested.

The HC then requested Kumbhakoni to get all of the petitions associated to the difficulty clubbed collectively to keep away from the potential for inconsistent orders.
The HC will hear Patil’s plea and different associated pleas, if any, on April 1.