IN THE
HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
DISTRICT: MUMBAI
CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO 2 OF 2009 (filed on
25.3.2009)
In Cr PUBLIC INTEREST LITIGATION NO.: 20 OF 2008
Indur Kartar
Chhugani .Petitioner
Age : 61 years, Occ. : Social work,
R/o. : 501-502, Pinky Panorama CHS Ltd. 6th
Road, Khar (W),
Mumbai
- 400 052.
V E R S U S
1. Union of
India, represented by
the Home Secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs,
Government of India, North Block,
Central Secretariat,
New Delhi 110 001. ... Respondents
2. The State of Maharashtra,
Represented by the
Addl. Chief Secretary, Home Department,
Government of Maharashtra, Mantralaya,
Mumbai.
3. The Commisioner of Police,
Greater Mumbai,
Mumbai.
4. The Editor,
The Times of India,
Mumbai
WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLES 226 OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
IN THE MATTER OF ARTICLES 14, 19 & 21 OF THE
CONSTITUTION OF INDIA
To,
Honourable the Chief Justice and
other Puisne Judges of this Honble
High Court of Judicature at Bombay.
I, the Respondent, Indur Kartar Chhugani, son of Late
Mr.
Kartar Chhugani, aged 61 years, resident of 501/502
Pinky Panorama Co-operative Society, 6th Road, Khar
(West) Mumbai- 400 052, do hereby state on oath and
solemn affirmation as under:-
That I am the managing trustee of a Trust called
People for Legal and Emotional Assistance to
the Deserving (PLEAD), Regd. No. E-24397 (BOM).
The objective of PLEAD is to bring together all
retired and highly educated persons such as
Engineers, Doctors, Lawyers, Military personnel,
Teachers, Journalists, Judges, Police officers and
other literate citizens to unite under one forum and
form citizen groups in each police station area to
bring about changes in all matters of importance to
the public and the nation through legal and
democratic means.
(1) The humble Petitioner has gone through the
Affidavit filed by Shri Dattarya Tukaram Naikodi,
Inspector of Police attached to the Crime Branch,
CIU, Mumbai. It is alleged in this affidavit that I,
the above named petitioner, is in a habit of drafting
and filing such Public Interest Litigations, which
have no locus standi in the eyes of the law.
(2) In this affidavit, a strange order passed by
Honble Mr. Justice Bilal Nazki on 11.9.2008 in
Criminal Application no 223/2008 in Cr WP /1679 /07,
is cited, wherein I, the above named Petitioner was
blocked from exposing an unholy nexus between the
Mumbai Police and an advertising company, which
entailed huge kickbacks to the Mumbai Police.
(3) The Government of Maharashtra has filed a
Petition for Special Leave to Appeal (Criminal ) No.
8898 of 2008 in November 2008 in the Honble
Supreme Court of India against orders passed by this
Honble High Court in Cr WP 1679/2007.
(4) The Honble Supreme Court of India issued a
notice to me, as Respondent No 1, disregarding this
strange order of Justice Bilal Nazki and had directed
me to be present in the Supreme Court on 16.3.2009,
to show cause why leave to appeal as prayed not be
granted and status quo granted not be confirmed.
(5) I had remained present in the Honble
Supreme Court of India on 16.3.2009 and a week prior
to the hearing of 16.3.2009, had filed an Affidavit
in Reply. A copy of Notice from the Honble
Supreme Court of India is attached as EXHIBIT A and a
copy of the Affidavit in Reply is attached as EXHIBIT
B. (http://www.RoguePolice.com/maharash.htm )
(6) From the perusal of my affidavit in reply filed
by me in the Honble Supreme Court of India and
my earlier letter to Honble the Chief Justice
of the Bombay High Court on 30.9.2008 ( Attached as EXHIBIT
C ), immediately after
this strange order was passed, it is abundantly
clear, that this order was passed, so that a unholy
nexus between the Police Department and an
advertisement company, which is earning Crores every
month, is not disturbed.
(7) This strange order
was passed to ensure that a bribe of Rs 3
crores approximately EVERY MONTH to the
Mumbai Police, continues to flow unhindered.
(8) In February 2008, after the
petitioner had informed this Honble
court about the murky dealings between the
Additional Commissioner of Police ( traffic)
and an advertisement Company, regarding
allowing FREE locations of
Advertisement Umbrellas at
busy traffic intersections, an effort was
made to buy out the petitioner, thats
me, in return for immediate contribution of
Rs 40 lakhs to NGO PLEAD, of which I am
managing Trustee and a steady payment of Rs 5
lakhs every month for 12 months, in return
for remaining absent from the proceeding of
Cr WP /1679 /07, for 12 months.
(9) That this information in
above Para was shared, with two lawyers of this
Honble court, who are considered as officers of
the court, immediately.
(10) After the petitioner declined this offer and the
advertising company engaged counsel, who was the Son
of a Supreme Court Judge, now retired, it came as no
surprise on 11.9.2008, when the Honble court
barred the petitioner from being part of the
proceedings. That the petitioner has no doubt in his
mind, why he was ousted from the petition on
11.9.2008 as various reports have appeared,
repeatedly, about the influence wielded by the Sons
of Judges over the Fathers and Uncles in the
Judiciary.
(11) That to the best of the knowledge of this
petitioner, there is no law or directive from the
Honble Supreme Court of India or Her
Excellency, the President of India or the Government
of India, that should any citizen bring to the notice
of the courts any major corrupt practice by the
Police,or any Government agency, then he or she must
be persecuted by the Courts, together with the help
of public prosecutors, till he stops pursuing the
matter. And if need be, the petitioner should be sent
to Judicial custody, if he persists in pointing out
falsehoods, being conveniently provided by the
Advocate General, Chief Public Prosecutor or the
Public Prosecutor.
(12) How Unfair and irresponsible is the accusation
that I the petitioner, is in a habit of drafting and
filing such Public Interest Litigations, which have
no locus standi in the eyes of the law, can be gauged
from facts below:
A. Affidavit was filed on 22.10.2007 by Late Shri
Hemant Karkare, who passed away on 26.11.2008 in the
dastardly terrorist assault on Mumbai, which states
that out of 388 Beat police Chowkies, 269 Beat police
chowkies have not obtained permission from the Brihan
Mumbai Municipal Corporation. Even Electric
connections pilfered for these chowkies was admitted.
B. That the order of 24.10.2007 (in para 4) reads as
hereinafter: Mr Borulkar, the learned public
prosecutor, assures the court, that the respondent
Police Department is prepared to mend and rectify the
illegality in a phased manner and expressed its
gratitude to the petitioner for bringing to the
notice of the State Government the illegalities and
errors committed by the Government in constructing
police chowky and obtaining electric
connection.
C. That however, after expressing gratitude to me in
the court, the senior Police Officers threatened me
outside the court and this is recorded in order of
9.1.2008 para 1 and the last 3 lines of para 2, which
read as: We make it clear that if any harm
visits the petitioner, the Home Department and the
Commissioner of Police, Greater Mumbai will be solely
responsible for the consequences.
D. In January 2008, Mr Ajit Sawant, Sr. Inspector of
Khar Police Station, filed an affidavit, offering an
unconditional apology, after I pointed out various
false assertions the Mumbai Police was making in this
Honourable Court and states in Para 5: I say
that it is an inadvertent mistake on behalf of the
then Senior Inspector of Police, hence I tender
unconditional apology to this Honble
Court. This affidavit was drafted by Chief
Public Prosecutor Shri Satish Borulkar.
E. Before this Affidavit was filed on 18.3.2009 in Cr
PIL 20 /2008 by Inspector of Police Dattarya Naikodi,
which was drafted by Dr. F. R. Shaikh, Addl. Public
Prosecutor, High Court Mumbai, making such damaging
allegations against me the petitioner, they should
have read the contents and proceedings of Cr WP /
1679 /07, which they definitely have not done.
F. Or Inspector of Police Dattarya Naikodi, and Dr.
F. R. Shaikh, Addl. Public Prosecutor, High Court
Mumbai have access to some secret directive, to
harass all citizens, who come to expose corruption
and inefficiency in the police force.
(13) Maharashtra Government appointment of High Level
Committee
A. Maharashtra Government on 30th December 2008
appointed a Committee to be headed by Mr. R. D.
Pradhan to make appropriate recommendations to deal
with such acts in future (Terrorist attack of 26/11)
B. This Committee was to give report in 2 months and
now it is almost 3 months and there is no report in
sight so far. These committees set up by the
Government are only a eyewash, meant to assuage the
feelings of angry citizens of Mumbai and give a false
hope, that something is being done, to prevent such
happenings in future. When actually nothing is being
done.
C. After the 1993 Bomb Blasts in Mumbai, a high power
committee was set up by the Government of India,
headed by the then Home Secretary, Mr. N. N Vohra as
chairman and the Special Secretary (Internal Security
and Police), MHA was subsequently added as a member
of this committee. ( this Vohra committee report is
already submitted in this petition, in my affidavit
dt 12.1.2009)
D. This so called VOHRA COMMITTEE REPORT
was submitted to the Government on 5.10.1993,
suggesting various recommendations. If these
recommendations had been respected and followed in
letter and spirit, possibly the terrorist attack of
26/11 could have been prevented.
E. The police Department has been treating all the
Reports that have been appearing in the media,
particularly the Times of India, as if they are
related to events on another planet.
F. The Police refuses to identity the Politicians and
Sr. Government functionaries, who continue to provide
support to those who are considered close to the
dreaded Don Dawood Ibrahim.
G. Report dated 13th January 2009 from the Times of
India states . The D gang is suspected to
have performed a recce and provided logistical
support to the 26/11 terror attack executed by the
Lashkar-e-Taiba at the instance of the ISI with which
Dawood has extremely close links. But with the
authorities in India reluctant to crush his gang in
Mumbai, members have been emboldened in their
operations. The open distribution of sweets was a
clever way of telling the people that the don still
wields power in the metropolis.
H. The report further states Ali has become so
bold that recently he threatened a Union minister and
demanded a huge ransom amount from him. This
minister, who did not wish to have his identity
disclosed, told TOI recently: I was shocked
when Ali called me recently and tried to extort a
vast sum from me. If this is my plight, the condition
of others can well be imagined. I do not know why the
state government is not doing anything about this
man. Report Attached as EXHIBIT D.
I. Even this Union Minister has stated I do not
know why the state government is not doing anything
about this man.
GROUNDS FOR THIS WRIT PETITION:
A. This petitioner does not want this strange order
passed by Justice Bilal Nazki on 11.9.2008 in Cr WP
/1679 /07 to be hanging around his neck,all his life,
inviting all to use this order against him in courts.
This order has no sanctity today after The
Honble Supreme Court recognised this petitioner
as Respondent No 1, ignoring the order of 11.9.2008.
B. The State of Mahaharashtra
refuses to prosecute all those, who have been working
to help the underworld.
C. The State of Maharashtra is
doing nothing to instill confidence in the mind of
the citizens, even after disturbing reports appear,
informing that even Central ministers are scared of
the underworld.
P R A Y E R S:
1. This Honourable Court, which
is the highest court in Maharashtra conduct a
judicial inquiry, to instill confidence in Citizens
of Mumbai and pinpoint facts, why the Mumbai Police
and the State of Maharashtra, refuses to act, after
repeated reports, in the media, have highlighted
facts about politicians involvement and Government
functioniers lamenting that they are being restrained
from taking action against those close to Don Dawood.
2. This Honourable court may kindly formulate and
publicise guidelines under which circumstances,
petitioners like me coming to the Courts with
information of wrongdoings in the Government
Departments deserve to be persecuted.
3. This Honourable Court alternatively direct
Inspector of Police Dattarya Naikodi, and Dr. F. R.
Shaikh, Addl. Public Prosecutor, High Court Mumbai,
to offer an unconditional apology, for having filed
this affidavit, without going through, the details of
the proceedings and having cited the unjust and
deplorable order of 11.9.2008 passed by justice Bilal
Nazki.
4. This Honble Court direct The Times of India
to reveal the name of the Union Minister, from whom
Ali demanded a huge ransom. The same Union Minister
who is afraid to reveal his name.
5. This Honble Court to instill confidence in
citizens of Mumbai, direct the Commissioner of
Police, Mumbai, to contact, through the Times of
India, the Union Minister, who was threatened by Ali
and register FIR against Ali, without any delay.
6. Any other just and equitable order in the interest
of justice may kindly be passed.
For which acts of kindness and justice the Petitioner
shall ever be grateful.
Mumbai : 24 / 3 /2009 (Petitioner)
A F F I R M A T I O N
I, Indur K. Chhugani, son of Late Kartar Chhugani
Aged: 61 years; Occupation: Social Work, citizen of
India, Resident of 501-502, Pinky Panorama CHS Ltd.,
6th Road, Khar (W), Mumbai - 400 052, the Petitioner
above-named, do hereby solemnly affirm and state that
I have read the contents of the foregoing paragraphs
and whatever stated therein is true and correct to
the best of my knowledge and belief.