Former Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis is likely to face prosecution for allegedly hiding 2 criminal cases against him in his 2014 poll affidavit.
New Delhi| Former Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis will stand trial for failing to disclose two criminal cases against him in his 2014 election affidavit, with the Supreme Court junking his review petition on Tuesday.
The top court said it found no grounds to interfere with its order last year, News18 reported.
Former #Maharashtra chief minister @Dev_Fadnavis to face prosecution for reportedly concealing two pending criminal cases against him in his 2014 election affidavit. The #SupremeCourt has rejected his review petition against its 2019 order. The order, dt Feb 18, is released now. pic.twitter.com/Z8aL3mTo9J
— Utkarsh Anand (@utkarsh_aanand) March 3, 2020
“We find no ground to interfere in the review petitions. The same are dismissed,” a three-judge bench of the top court comprising justices Arun Mishra, Deepak Gupta and Aniruddha Bose ruled on Tuesday.
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Fadnavis had on February 20 appeared before a Nagpur court on Thursday in connection with a complaint seeking criminal proceedings against him for alleged non-disclosure of criminal cases in his election affidavit in 2014.
Fadnavis was granted exemption from appearance on four earlier occasions since November 2019.
The saffron party leader had challenged the 2019 verdict of the Supreme Court that had declined to interfere with the criminal proceedings against the ex-Maharashtra chief minister for the affidavit filed for the 2014 elections.
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