NEW DELHI, Aug 18:
The Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a plea of the Maharashtra Government seeking to set aside two paragraphs related to transfer and posting of police officers, reinstatement of an officer from the CBI’s FIR against former state home minister Anil Deshmukh.
A bench of Justices D Y Chandrachud and M R Shah said that it is not inclined to interfere with the July 22 order of the Bombay High Court.
The top court said that it cannot dilute the direction of a constitutional court ordering a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe by drawing a line for the agency on which aspect the investigation should be done.
“CBI has to investigate all aspects of the allegations and we cannot limit them. This will be like denuding the powers of a constitutional court,” the bench said.
It said that an impression is being created that the state is trying to protect the former home minister by not allowing the probe on the aspect of transfer and posting of police officers and reinstatement of additional police inspector Sachin Waze.
The bench said, “Which State Government is going to order CBI, when the allegations are against its own home minister or any other minister. It is the court, which will have to exercise its power to order the probe and that what High Court did”.
The top court said that Maharashtra Government should allow free and fair investigation by CBI into the issue and it should be open as there is nothing to hide. (PTI)
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