PIL for probe into twin tunnel bank guarantees junked

Undoubtedly, the petitioner has committed criminal contempt HIGH COURT BENCH

- Karuna Nidhi

Karuna Nidhi [e-mail] MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday dismissed a public interest litigation (PIL) seeking an investigation into the allegedly fake bank guarantees furnished by Megha Engineering & Infrastructures Ltd (MEIL) for the Thane-Borivali twin tunnels project contract.

A division bench of chief justice Alok Aradhe and justice Bharati Dangre ruled that the petitioner, investigative journalist Ravi Prakash Velicheti, had not approached the court with clean intentions. It found the petitioner guilty of suppressing facts, stating that he had not disclosed the details of previous litigation pending between the parties.