The Bombay High Court has dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) that seeks probe into the allegations of disproportionate assets belonging to former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray and his family members hold
A division bench comprising of Justice Dhiraj Singh Thakur and Justice Valimiki SA Menezes have turned down the petitioners argument that the alleged corruption in in Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is linked with the sudden rise in the assets of Thackeray family.
The Court said while rejecting the plea said that there was absolutely no live link on the alleged corruption in BMC and the rise in the assets of Thackeray family when the petitioner is attempting to seek a roving investigation.
Gouri Bhide,who is the petitioner in person has claimed that though the son of Thackeray named Aditya, along with his wife Rashmi have never disclosed any service, profession or business as their official source of income, hold huge properties worth crores in Mumbai and Raigad districts.
Bhide further expressed astonishment at periodicals ‘Marmik’ and ‘Saamna’ – run by Thackeray family – showing a huge turnover of ₹42 crores and booking a profit of ₹11.5 crores during COVID-19 lockdown, when other print media faced losses.