‘Explain stand on PIL against NCP minister’
The Bombay high court on Tuesday asked the Maharashtra government to spell out its stand on a PIL filed against senior NCP leader and water resources minister Sunil Tatkare and his family members over allegations of amassing disproportionate assets totalling several crores.
The PIL has also named various government agencies for aiding Tatkare and his kin in land grabbing and money laundering.
The government counsel, Abhinandan Vagyani, sought time to seek instructions, following which a bench headed by Justice A.M. Khanvilkar gave the state liberty to file an affidavit on the issue.
The PIL, filed by BJP leaders Kirit Somaiya and Madhav Bhandari, also prayed for constitution of a Special Investigation Team (SIT) under the supervision of the high court to probe the matter in a specified time-frame.
Tatkare’s counsel Aspi Chinoy and Aniket Nikam, raised a preliminary objection to the maintainability of the petition saying the petitioners should have first approached the police with a complaint. How can they come to the court directly to seek constitution of an SIT to probe the allegations?, they asked.
Adjourning the matter to October 12, the bench asked Tatkare to file an affidavit-in-reply within a week.
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Akshay Kumar becomes dad to a baby girl
Mumbai, Sept. 25: Bollywood couple Akshay Kumar and Twinkle Khanna on Tuesday became the proud parents of a baby girl and the actor says the newborn looks just like her mother.
“We are blessed with a lovely baby girl who looks just like her mother and grandmother (Dimple Kapadia) and I have no words to express my happiness. I would like to thank everyone for their blessings and best wishes,” Akshay Kumar said in a statement here.
Akshay, 45 is married to Twinkle, 37, since 2001. They already have a 10-year-old son, Aarav.
Twinkle, who is the daughter of late superstar Rajesh Khanna and Dimple, gave birth to their second child on Tuesday morning at the Breach Candy hospital in South Mumbai. It was a normal delivery. “Both the mother and new-born are doing fine,” sources close to the actor said.
Akshay is currently busy in promoting Oh My God.
— PTI
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