Delhi: AAP government moves HC to restrain Meena from entering ACB office
New Delhi, June 27: The Delhi government on Saturday filed a fresh application in the High Court seeking to restrain Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) chief Mukesh Kumar Meena from interfering in the activities of the anti-corruption department.
"An application was moved before the court seeking to restrain Meena from interfering in the day-to-day activities of ACB," said Delhi government counsel Raman Duggal.
Meena was appointed ACB chief by Lt. Governor Najeeb Jung on June 8 superseding ACB's Additional Commissioner SS Yadav. The Delhi government has objected to the appointment of Meena.
[No
FIR
registered
since
ACB
chief
Meena
took
over:
AAP]
The
fresh
application
was
filed
by
the
Aam
Aadmi
Party
(AAP)
led
government
as
part
of
a
petition
filed
earlier
that
challenged
the
union
home
ministry's
May
21
notification
holding
that
Lt.
Governor
Najeeb
Jung
has
discretionary
powers
on
appointments
and
transfers
to
key
bureaucratic
posts
in
the
capital.
The application sought restraint over the functioning of Meena as ACB chief till the disposal of the petition challenging the May 21 notification.
Delhi deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Friday said Meena was involved in scams and a probe against him in the hawala scam was ordered on May 1.