Mumbai : The Maharashtra government on Thursday agreed to share the documents, pertaining to the Anil Deshmukh corruption case, with the CBI which is probing the high-profile matter.
Senior counsel Rafique Dada, representing the Maharashtra government, informed the division bench of Justices S S Shinde and N J Jamadar that the documents – former State Intelligence Department’s head Rashmi Shukla’s letter, report, along with the phone interceptions – will be handed over to CBI by August 31.
The court had earlier this month asked the state to reconsider its stance and inform if it was willing to share some of the documents.
The judges observed that such issues should not have come before the court in the first place.
“Both of you (state and CBI)…these matters need not come before the court. On many occasions, the state and CBI share documents and information especially on intra-state issues and other offences that are spread over different states,” said the judges.
Justice Shinde also remarked that Maharashtra’s reputation and development has always been one step ahead of other states since independence.
“The state of Maharashtra is a pioneer in many things, not just now but since independence. We need to maintain that,” he remarked.
The CBI had sought the letter submitted by Shukla to the then Director General of Police of Maharashtra, which included a report on alleged corruption in police transfer and postings, annexures of the report and the panchnama which showed how the documents had been transferred from one department to another.
The Court adjourned the further hearing till September 2.
