Top court to hear plea for Rupani’s prosecution today
◗ In his writ petition, Mr Vyas also sought protection against the illegal activities of the chief minister, who by abusing his official position is threatening the petitioner
Ahead of the crucial Assembly polls, the Supreme Court will hear on Friday a writ petition filed by advocate Kaushik Chandrakantbhai Vyas for a probe by a special investigation team into the alleged role of the Gujarat chief minister Vijaybhai R. Rupani in the suicide of five members of a family in Rajkot.
In his writ petition, Mr Vyas also sought protection against the illegal activities of the chief minister, who by abusing his official position is threatening the petitioner, who has taken up the case and has scuttled the investigation launched by the police in the unfortunate suicide of Shri Bharat Mansinhbhai Nepali and his four other family members, involved in a civil land dispute.
He said the right to life and liberty as enshrined in Article 21 of Constitution is being abrogated not only arbitrarily but also illegally at the behest of the Chief Minister. The State machineries acting at his behest are acting in wholly highhanded and arbitrary manner, and thus he was constrained the move the apex court directly.
He said there has been a complete denial of access to Justice to him as when he approached some of the lawyers in the Gujarat high court refused to accept the brief and advised him to move this court. He alleged that though the name of Shri Vijay Rupani was clearly mentioned in the dying declaration, his role was never investigated and instead of probing the role of Mr. Rupani, the investigating agency has left no stone unturned to shield him.
He sought investigation by an independent investigating agency into the suicide dated 03.04.2013 committed by Bharatbhai Mansinhbhai Vishwakarma ( Nepali) and his four family members.