The Jharkhand High Court had said that the writ petitions cannot be dismissed on the basis of maintainability and it would proceed to hear the cases on merits.
The Jharkhand High Court had said that the writ petitions cannot be dismissed on the basis of maintainability and it would proceed to hear the cases on merits.
The Jharkhand government has moved the Supreme Court challenging a High Court order seeking a probe against Chief Minister Hemant Soren for alleged irregularities in the grant of mining leases and allegedly dealing with some shell companies. stability was accepted. Managed by your family members and associates.
On June 3, the Jharkhand High Court had said that it is of the considered opinion that the writ petitions cannot be dismissed on the ground of maintainability and that it will proceed to hear the cases on merits.
“This Court, after responding to the issue framed by this Court, and based on the discussions made above, is summarizing its view and is of the view that the writ petitions have not been dismissed on the ground of maintenance. May be, the Division Bench of the High Court had said in its order.
Earlier, on May 24, the top court had asked the high court to first hear the preliminary objections on the sustainability of the Public Interest Litigation (PIL) seeking a probe into the matter.
The top court had observed that the high court in its May 13 order had said that it would deal with the PIL filed by Shiv Shankar Sharma before hearing and then it would go into the merits of the allegations made in the petition.
“The issue of maintainability has to be disposed of by the High Court on the next date of hearing when the proceedings are instituted. Based on the outcome of the objections to the sustainability of the proceedings, the High Court may proceed thereafter in accordance with law,” the apex court said. had said.
It had passed the May 24 order on a petition filed by the state against two orders of the High Court in the matter. The top court had also clarified that it has not commented on the merits of the case and has not dealt with the allegations made in the petition.
It was noted that three PILs, including two filed by Mr. Sharma, have been filed before the High Court, seeking a probe by the CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against the Chief Minister on charges of corruption, abuse of office and money laundering. Has been. ,
Mr. Soren has denied the allegations against him.
The other PIL has been filed by Arun Kumar Dubey in 2019, which has led to an ED probe into the alleged MGNREGA scam, where around Rs 17 crore was allegedly found from an IAS officer’s chartered accountant.
The ED had submitted its report before the High Court in a sealed cover on the latest findings following the raids and arrests of suspended Mines Secretary Pooja Singhal and Chartered Accountant Suman Kumar in connection with the alleged MGNREGA scam.
The ED had also informed the High Court that there was massive misappropriation of funds in MGNREGA schemes, while Singhal was posted as Deputy Commissioner of Khunti and was accused of money laundering in 15 FIRs.
Mr Sharma, in his PIL filed in 2022, has claimed that several shell companies were formed to launder money embezzled from welfare funds set aside for Jharkhand.
He has also alleged that Hemant Soren and his acquaintances are involved in the racket of running shell companies.