HS Satbhai was hearing cases related to MPs and MLAs in the Sessions Court since July this year.
Special Judge HS Satbhai hearing the petition Enforcement Directorate (ED) for the remand of former Home Minister of Maharashtra Anil Deshmukh In a money laundering case and other matters relating to MPs and MLAs, has been transferred to Yavatmal district by the Bombay High Court with immediate effect.
He was hearing cases related to MPs and MLAs in the sessions court here since July this year.
Justice Satbhai on Monday sent Deshmukh to 14-day judicial custody.
Apart from Deshmukh’s case, Judge Satbhai was also hearing the case against the Maharashtra minister. Chhagan Bhujbal in connection with alleged Maharashtra Sadan scam and the latter discharged,
Deshmukh was arrested by the ED on November 1 under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The Bombay High Court, in a notification issued on Monday, said it would transfer and post HS Satbhai, Judge, City Civil Court and Additional Sessions Judge, Mumbai as District Judge-II and Additional Sessions Judge, Kelapur, District Yavatmal with immediate effect. Used to be. ,
Yavatmal district in eastern Maharashtra is located 685 km away from Mumbai. Justice Satbhai recently acquitted Bhujbal and others in the Maharashtra Sadan case, noting that the contract for the construction of the new Maharashtra Sadan in Delhi suggested him and his family members to obtain any “illegal gratification”. There was no “enough material”.
Judge Satbhai was also hearing a pre-arrest bail plea of former Shiv Sena MP Anand Adsul in a case related to an alleged scam in a cooperative bank. He was also hearing the case of alleged Pune land deal involving former Maharashtra minister and NCP leader Eknath Khadse.
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