More developments in the Jalgaon Case that called into question Pratibha Patil’s interference with law enforcement in Maharashtra allegedly to protect her brother. This latest development comes on the heels of the Mumbai High Court rapping the CBI while asking it to complete investigations by 25th July. The details of these developments are below courtesy Shri Sudheendra Kulkarni.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) faced tough questions in the Bombay High Court in the sensational Jalgaon Murder Case, which hit the headlines in the run-up to the election of the President of India last year. “We are not happy with the pace of the investigation,” remarked the two-judge bench comprising Justice R.M.S. Khandeparkar and Justice S. Majumdar, when the case came up for hearing in the court today. “How much more time do you need to complete the investigation?” the judges asked, reminding the agency that the case was transferred to it from the state CID in February 2007. The case pertains to the murder of Prof. V.G. Patil, president of the Jalgaon district unit of the Congress party, on 21 February 2005. Since then, Smt. Rajni Patil, widow of the deceased, has been fighting a courageous legal battle. The Bombay High Court admitted her writ petition in July 2007 and began to monitor and supervise further investigation of the case by the CBI. Smt. Patil has contended in her petition that the murder of her husband was due to a political conspiracy ha
