The Bombay High court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation seeking a disproportionate assets case against former Maharashtra chief minister Uddhav Thackeray and his family, observing that the petitioner was seeking a 바카라roving enquiry바카라.
The PIL, filed by city resident Gauri Bhide who claims to be a behaviour and soft skill consultant, sought the court바카라s direction to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) to conduct a 바카라thorough and impartial바카라 investigation against the ex-CM and his family.
Calling herself a 바카라sincere and vigilant바카라 citizen, the petitioner said she wanted to help the Government of India 바카라unearthing some more hidden, unaccounted wealth disproportionate to income and also unearth laundered money바카라.
A division bench of Justices Dheeraj Thakur and Valmiki Menezes rejected the plea, saying the petitioner was seeking a roving enquiry.
The plea stated Bhide was inspired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi바카라s 바카라fight against corruption바카라 and claimed she had evidence to show that the Thackeray family 바카라has accumulated properties and assets illegally바카라.
It alleged that Uddhav Thackeray and his family never disclosed any particular service, profession or business as their official source of income. 바카라Yet, we find they have huge properties in a metro city like Mumbai and in Raigad district, which may run into crores,바카라 said the PIL.
Citing raids CBI and ED raids on people 바카라who are very very close to the Thackeray family바카라, the PIL claimed that the Thackerays have links with 바카라huge undisclosed properties, cash and other wealth바카라.
When print media incurred heavy losses during the COVID-induced lockdown, Thackerays바카라 바카라Prabodhan Prakashan Pvt. Ltd. showed brilliant performance of Rs 42 crore turnover and Rs 11.5 crore profit바카라, said petitioner Bhide, who also claimed that her family owned a printing press in Dadar in central Mumbai.
At the time, Uddhav Thackeray was the CM and his son Aaditya Thackeray was a cabinet minister, the plea said.
Appearing for the Thackerays, senior counsels Aspi Chinoy and Ashok Mundargi argued that the PIL had been filed on assumptions and without any factual foundation.
바카라The petition is absolutely bereft of any material and is filed purely on assumptions. The petitioner has an alternate remedy of filing a private complaint before a magistrate's court seeking police probe,바카라 Chinoy had argued.
- With PTI Input
