[Param Bir Singh VS Anil Deshmukh]"Don't View Yourself So High, Law is Above You":LIVE UPDATES From Bombay High Court
CJ- What were your prayers before the SC, you said you will approach the HC on the same prayers. Now that you are facing some turmoil, you change your statement. Make up your mind Mr. Nanakani.
Nanakani- If a lesser relief satisfies my grevience...
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CJ asks for Lalita Kumari to be read.
Sr Adv Nanakani asks for his statement to be recorded that he is only seeking an inquiry by CBI.
Jha- The inquiry is only an eyewash. This is not a case of extortion this is a case of loot and plunder. They should be treated as dacoits. This is not happening now, this has been going on forever.
Jha - This is a case where the home minister is under a cloud, the government is under a cloud. The offence comes up to 6000 crores a year.
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CJ asks him to please address on prayer clause 'A' of his petition seeking a CBI investigation.
Jha - There are several cases where investigation has been ordered by the highest court. Registration of an FIR triggers investigation, it is a process.
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Jha- We are saying offences under different statutes are being committed. PMLA, because there is money laundering, also UAPA.
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CJ Datta - This is a case where the court asked the CBI to assist it ordered an inquiry on the destruction of records.
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Jha is appearing for Advocate Ghanshyam Upadhyay, who has also filed a PIL.
He cites a judgement by Justice Chandrachud while he was at the Bombay High Court.