Summary:
- Advertisement -Bombay High Court ordered the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to start a preliminary inquiry within 15 days into corruption allegations against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. The court also stated that Anil Deshmukh is the Home Minister and no impartial probe can be done by the police. The bench delivered its verdict on a bunch of Public Interest litigations (PILs) and writ petitions seeking several reliefs and a CBI probe into the matter. Singh moved the Bombay High Court after the Supreme Court refused to entertain his plea regarding the same. Singh had written to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray claiming Deshmukh's involvement in severe “malpractices”..