03 December,2020 07:25 PM IST | Mumbai | ANI
Arnab Goswami
Ahead of December 10 hearing in Bombay High Court for quashing of FIR in the Anvay Naik case, two interim applications have been filed by Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami about "premeditated, prejudged and predetermined" nature of the action by the Maharashtra government, specifically on the part of the Home Minister Anil Deshmukh.
Petitioner Arnab Goswami via his legal counsel has spoken of the "entire exercise in malice" by the Maharashtra government from May 2020 to November 2020.
The interim applications say that not only the directive for reinvestigation of a case which was closed by a court of law, but also the eventual direction of the investigation, has been scripted by Maharashtra government.
The interim applications state that the minister is acting in contravention of law and abusing his office to fix and frame and individual and a news network.
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While the first application is to amend the writ petition by stating that new facts have emerged since the original filing, the second interim application is regarding the statements made by Deshmukh regarding a chargesheet "in defiance of all due process and in contravention of the top court observations on the matter".
In the first application, Phoenix Legal which represents Arnab Goswami, has said that on
May 26, 2020, the Home Department was intervening and sending letters to reinvestigate the suicide case that was closed by a court of law following a closure report by the police.
The second interim application speaks of a "fresh cause of action" given that the Maharashtra Home Minister on November 28 made a public statement about a "strong chargesheet" in the abetment to suicide case despite scathing observations by the Supreme Court.
In light of new facts, Arnab Goswami's applications have sought additional prayers - stay the filing of chargesheet in connection with the FIR, quash the reinvestigation and put a halt to all the coercive action in the case. It will all be heard by the Bombay High Court on December 10.
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