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MSCB case: Court disposes of pleas filed by Anna Hazare, others in search of switch of listening to

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A particular court docket on Friday disposed of pleas filed by social activist Anna Hazare and others within the Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank case in search of a switch of the matter to a different court docket.
The switch pleas have been filed in April earlier than the Principal Judge of the Mumbai City Civil and Sessions Court expressing apprehension about receiving a good and free listening to earlier than the trial court docket decide.
Recently, judges have been transferred via administrative orders. These included the trial court docket decide listening to the case. Due to the transfers, the case will now be heard by a brand new decide, making the switch functions infructuous.
The trial court docket was listening to functions filed in opposition to the Mumbai police’s Economic Offences Wing’s “C” abstract report within the case, which gave a clear chit to all being probed, together with many state politicians.

Hazare and others, together with a number of members of the sugar cooperatives, had filed a protest petition in search of to be heard on the closure report by the EOW. It was claimed that they’d sought an adjournment of 4 weeks to examine over 75,000 paperwork however the trial court docket had denied the identical. Following this, they’d filed a switch plea expressing apprehension of a good listening to.