News Desk, AnyTV, Mumbai
Published by: Gaurav Pandey
Updated Mon, 21 Feb 2022 06:29 PM IST
Summary
BJP leader Vishwas Pathak has said in his petition that at the time of the lockdown, when most of the top officials of the country were fulfilling their responsibilities through virtual medium, Minister in Maharashtra Government Nitin Raut violated the rules many times and due to personal reasons during the lockdown. Traveled in the country many times in the name of administrative work.
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed Vishwas Pathak, the head of BJP’s media cell for Maharashtra, to prove his authenticity before the court decides on his plea against power minister Nitin Raut in the state government. Deposit two lakh rupees for Pathak had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against Raut for his alleged use of chartered flights during the coronavirus lockdown.
In his petition, filed in April last year, Pathak has sought a direction to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and three other state power utilities to clear the amount spent illegally on chartered flights for cabinet minister Nitin Raut. Give information about On Monday, Raut’s lawyers argued in the High Court that Pathak’s petition was not maintainable.
If the money is not deposited then the petition will be rejected
A division bench of High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice MS Karnik directed Pathak to deposit Rs 2 lakh as security to prove his authenticity. The bench, while giving 10 days to Pathak, said that if he deposited the money within this period, the petition would be listed for hearing after two weeks. If he fails to do so within the stipulated time, the petition will be dismissed.
The petition alleges that during the lockdown, Raut used chartered flights to Mumbai, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Delhi. For this, more than 40 lakh rupees were paid from the power generating and distribution companies. It also said that the RTI filed by a person revealed that Raut used chartered flights for two trips to Nagpur in June and July 2020 at a cost of Rs 14.45 lakh for ‘important administrative work’. Was.
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The Bombay High Court on Monday directed Vishwas Pathak, the head of BJP’s media cell for Maharashtra, to prove his authenticity before the court decides on his plea against power minister Nitin Raut in the state government. Deposit two lakh rupees for Pathak had filed a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) against Raut for his alleged use of chartered flights during the coronavirus lockdown.
In his petition, filed in April last year, Pathak has sought a direction to the Maharashtra State Electricity Board (MSEB) and three other state power utilities to clear the amount spent illegally on chartered flights for cabinet minister Nitin Raut. Give information about On Monday, Raut’s lawyers argued in the High Court that Pathak’s petition was not maintainable.
If the money is not deposited then the petition will be rejected
A division bench of High Court Chief Justice Dipankar Dutta and Justice MS Karnik directed Pathak to deposit Rs 2 lakh as security to prove his authenticity. The bench, while giving 10 days to Pathak, said that if he deposited the money within this period, the petition would be listed for hearing after two weeks. If he fails to do so within the stipulated time, the petition will be dismissed.
The petition alleges that during the lockdown, Raut used chartered flights to Mumbai, Nagpur, Hyderabad and Delhi. For this, more than 40 lakh rupees were paid from the power generating and distribution companies. It also said that the RTI filed by a person revealed that Raut used chartered flights for two trips to Nagpur in June and July 2020 at a cost of Rs 14.45 lakh for ‘important administrative work’. Was.