Bombay High Court questions Maharashtra government for filing 2 FIRs against Uddhav Sena leaders – India Today

The Bombay High Court asks the Maharashtra government to file a reply to the plea by Shiv Sena and states their double FIRs for a single action baseless.

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By Vidya : The Bombay High Court on Monday issued a notice to the Maharashtra government asking them to file a reply to the plea by Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant, and MLA Bhaskar Jadhav.

While directing the Government pleader JP Yagnik, the bench of Justices Revati Mohite Dere and RN Laddha asked, “How can there be two FIRs for a single cause of action?” The government has been asked to file a reply by the next hearing scheduled on December 15.

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WHAT IS THE CASE?

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) leaders had approached the Bombay High Court seeking to quash one of the two FIRs registered against them in connection with a protest in Navi Mumbai.

When the plea by Sena leaders came up for hearing, Advocate Shubham Kahite appearing for them said that the protest held by the leaders in Navi Mumbai was not illegal and that the FIRs lodged were baseless and need to be quashed.

On October 17, Uddhav Sena district president Vithal More, who is also one of the accused in the case, sought permission from the CBD Belapur Police Station to protest on October 19 against the ruling government.

Even though the permission was rejected approximately 600-700 persons had gathered for the protest.

According to Kahite, there were two FIRs lodged by the Navi Mumbai police at the CBD Belapur Police Station and the NRI Sagari Police Station. The plea said that the content of both the FIRs are “ad-verbatim and have been filed at separate police stations on the same day within a short span of few hours”.

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