PUNE The Supreme Court, on Tuesday, asked the High Court to hear Congress leader Arvind Shinde’s Public Interest Litigation (PIL), after he deposited ₹10 lakh as a deposit.
Shinde had filed a PIL against the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Pune Municipal Corporation (PMC) over tenders floated for sewage works allegedly in the interest of a few contractors.
Recently, PMC had awarded tenders for sewage work in 11 merged villages, which were objected to by the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP). As BJP had a clear majority in the house, it was approved.
Shinde challenged it. The Supreme Court asked the petitioner Shinde to deposit ₹10 lakh in two weeks.
Shinde said, “I am going to deposit ₹10 lakh with the court as directed by the Supreme Court.”