The Bombay High Court on Wednesday directed the Maharashtra government and Congress leader and state Energy Minister Nitin Raut to file affidavits in response to a PIL submitted by state BJP spokesperson Vishwas Pathak, seeking directions to Raut to reimburse state power companies amounts of over Rs 40 lakh, allegedly spent on his “illegal” use of chartered flights during lockdown last year.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish S Kulkarni heard the PIL filed by Pathak through advocates Sonal, Archit Chaturvedi and Ali Kazmi.
When the PIL had come up for hearing on April 8, the bench had refused urgent hearing stating that it was dealing only with extremely urgent matters. The court took up the matter for hearing on Wednesday.
