MAHARASHTRA Government and its former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh moved the Supreme Court on Tuesday challenging the Bombay High Court order directing CBI probe into the allegations of corruption and misconduct leveled against him by former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. “We have filed an appeal on behalf of State against Bombay High Court order,” said Mah Standing Counsel Sachin Patil. Deshmukh’s counsel Sudhanshu S Choudhari said that he has also filed a petition in the apex court against the High Court order.

 

Earlier in the day, Bombay-based lawyer Jayshree Patil, on whose criminal writ petition the High Court had ordered the CBI probe, had filed a caveat in the top court seeking to be heard before any order is passed in the matter. Deshmukh resigned from the State Government.

 

The High Court said it was an “extraordinary” and “unprecedented” case that warranted an independent inquiry. Earlier in the day, Bombay-based lawyer Jayshree Patil, on whose criminal writ petition the High Court had ordered the CBI probe, had filed a caveat in top court seeking to be heard before any order is passed in the matter.