Bombay HC refuses to drop Chavan’s name from chargesheet

Update: 2014-11-20 00:24 GMT
In a major blow to former CM of Maharashtra Ashok Chavan, the Bombay High Court on Wednesday refused to drop his name from the Adarsh housing case chargesheet. In April this year, CBI had filed an application before the court seeking permission to delete Chavan’s name as an accused from the chargesheet. It had stated that the then Governor of Maharashtra had refused permission to prosecute Chavan in the Adarsh scam. But, Justice ML Tahiliyani dismissed the CBI’s application and issued this order via video conferencing from Nagpur. ‘The (CBI’s) application is dismissed. Since an ad interim relief was already in operation for the past six months, it is allowed to stay this order for a period of four weeks,’ said Justice ML Tahiliyani while issuing the order.

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