Devendra Fadnavis served notices by the court

Mumbai, Nov 29 (HS): Former Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis is now finding himself in trouble. As soon as he stepped down from the post, a summons has been issued to him by the court. Confirmation of this was given by Inspector Mahesh Bansode of Nagpur. He told that the court summons has been given to Devendra Fadnavis. This summon is in connection with hiding the information of two criminal cases running against him.

Fadnavis was alleged that he did not give information about two criminal cases running based on his own affidavit given during the 2014 assembly elections. The petitioner contended that Fadnavis violated Section 125A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 by doing so. In this regard, the Lower Court and the High Court had said that no prima facie case is made against Fadnavis.

The petitioner had said that it is legally mandatory for a candidate to give information about all criminal cases. On this, it was clarified by the Fadnavis government that, the first case is of defamation, in which the High court gave relief to CM Devendra Fadnavis. At the same time, the second case is about tax on slum property. Both these cases were in public interest, there was no personal interest in them.