A public interest litigation (PIL) was filed in the Bombay High Court on Wednesday seeking contempt of court proceedings against Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, his wife Rashmi, State Home Minister Dilip Walse Patil and Shiv Sena Member of Parliament Sanjay Raut for allegedly passing remarks against the judiciary.
The plea has been filed by the Indian Bar Association contending that Mr. Thackeray, Mr. Patil and Mr. Raut have misused their positions and levelled several “false, scandalous and contemptuous” allegations against judges of the Bombay High Court.
The PIL also seeks contempt proceedings against Ms. Thackeray, editor of Shiv Sena’s mouthpiece Saamana, and its printer and publisher Vivek Kadam.