{"id":42004,"date":"2016-03-16T10:16:43","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T04:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=42004"},"modified":"2016-03-16T10:16:43","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T04:46:43","slug":"hc-dismisses-pil-godman-episode-invlvng-cm-wife","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-dismisses-pil-godman-episode-invlvng-cm-wife","title":{"rendered":"HC dismisses PIL in godman episode invlvng CM wife"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_42005\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42005\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/godman.jpg?ssl=1\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42005\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"42005\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-dismisses-pil-godman-episode-invlvng-cm-wife\/godman\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/godman.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"320,240\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"godman\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;godman&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;godman&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/godman.jpg?fit=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/godman.jpg?fit=320%2C240&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-42005 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/godman.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"godman\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/godman.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/03\/godman.jpg?w=320&amp;ssl=1 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-42005\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">godman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mumbai, The Bombay High Court today refused to hear a public interest litigation seeking inquiry by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and CBI into the alleged incident of a self-styled godman giving a necklace to Maharastra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis&#8217;s wife Amruta.<\/p>\n<p>A division bench of Chief Justice D H Waghela and Justice M S Sonak asked petitioner Anil Kokane to approach the concerned authority with a representation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The petitioner has sought investigation into the alleged activities and collusion between respondent 1 (Amruta Fadnavis) and respondent 2 (Guru Guruvanand Swamy). But the petitioner has not made any complaints before any authority before approaching this court. In such circumstances, this court cannot hear the petition,&#8221; the court said.<\/p>\n<p>The court permitted Kokane to withdraw his PIL and file representation or complaint before the concerned authority.<\/p>\n<p>Kokane in this PIL sought direction to ED, CBI and Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) to conduct inquiry with respect to alleged &#8220;religious, political and financial collusion between Amruta Fadnavis and the self-styled godman&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Amruta should also apologise to the general public for promoting such fraudsters (Godmen),&#8221; the petition sought.<\/p>\n<p>The petition states that on February 9 this year Guruvanand Swamy of Tirupati in South India presented a necklace to Amruta from thin air allegedly using his tantric powers. &#8220;The next day (10\/2\/16) Amruta said the Guru is highly qualified and well reputed,&#8221; the petition claimed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai, The Bombay High Court today refused to hear a public interest litigation seeking inquiry by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and CBI into the alleged incident of a self-styled godman giving a necklace to Maharastra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis&#8217;s wife Amruta. 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