Supreme Court Refuses Maharashtra Plea Against CBI's Anil Deshmukh Probe

Wednesday, 18 August 2021Newsdesk

he Supreme Court on Wednesday dismissed a Maharashtra government plea against a CBI probe into Anil Deshmukh, the ex-Home Minister who faces corruption allegations. The top court underlined its displeasure, saying the state's filing of the petition made it seem like it is trying to protect Mr Deshmukh. The state should be ready for any probe to ensure "purity in administration", a two member-bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and MR Shah said.

New Delhi, 18 August 2021

As per news report of NDTV, "When (your) own Home Minister is involved... which government is going to give consent? That is why the High Court ordered the probe... you cannot be permitted to judge your own cause. Why should the state oppose? State should be ready for any inquiry for purity in administration. This gives the impression Maharashtra is trying to protect the ex-minister," the Supreme Court said. This was in response to the Maharashtra government's lawyer, who had initially wanted adjournment of the case, arguing that the state had not consented to the CBI investigation "You (the Maharashtra government) should allow a full and fair probe. What is the difficulty? The probe is not against the state... it is against ex-Home Minister," Justice Chandrachud said.

Source -NDTV