No Interim Order From SC On Jharkhand Government
- 17-Jun-2022
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New Delhi, (BDNS): ‘Let the high court decide the matter. The issue cannot be entertained piecemeal,’ a vacation bench of Justices J K Maheshwari and Hima Kohli said. The top court posted the matter for hearing before an appropriate bench post-summer vacations on the request of senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, appearing for the state government.
The Supreme Court Friday refused to pass any interim directions on a Jharkhand government appeal challenging an order of the high court which had accepted the maintainability of a plea seeking a probe against Chief Minister Hemant Soren in mining cases.
Rohatgi said the case against the chief minister was politically motivated to destabilise the government.
The plea before the Jharkhand High Court has sought a probe into alleged irregularities in the grant of mining leases and also into the transactions of some shell companies allegedly operated by Soren’s family members and associates.
It had noted that three PILs have been filed before the high court seeking an investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) into the allegations of corruption, misuse of office, and money laundering against the chief minister.
