Fadnavis files intervention in Uke’s case against him

Nagpur: Leader of opposition in state legislative assembly Devendra Fadnavis has filed an intervention application in a case filed by lawyer Satish Uke, who had levelled many serious allegations against him, including that of criminal conspiracy.
A division bench comprising justices Vinay Deshpande and Amit Borkar on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the case till June 23 after public prosecutor Tehsin Mirza and Uke sought time to reply on the application.
The former chief minister moved the application through counsel Atharva Manohar contending that Uke has made false, baseless, scurrilous and mala fide allegations against him. “It’s necessary to grant the applicant a chance of explaining and repudiating the allegations made against him,” his counsel said.
According to Fadnavis, the petitioner, along with Sameer Sheikh, had issued a press note and held a media conference while continuing their “malicious and defamatory” allegations against him on March 19, 2021 in Mumbai. He had filed a criminal complaint (punishable under Section 499 read with Section 500 of the Indian Penal Code) before the Mumbai metropolitan magistrate against Uke. He added that after filing the criminal complaint, Uke filed this petition with oblique motives.