HC issues showcause notice to Malik on contempt plea of Sameer Wankhede's father

The Bombay High Court issued a showcause notice to Maharashtra minister Nawab Malik in a contempt plea filed by Dnyandev Wankhede the father of former Mumbai NCB zonal director Sameer WankhedeThe senior Wankhede claimed in his plea that despite an undertaking given to the court by Malik in December last year to refrain from making defamatory public comments and social media posts against his family the NCP leader continued doing so in October last year Sameer Wankhede led a raid on a cruise ship and drugs were claimed to have been seized on board Bollywood actor Shahrukh Khans son Aryan Khan was among those accused in the drugsoncruise case Later Malik had levelled a series of allegations against Sameer WankhedeIn December last year Malik had told the court that the undertaking given by him would not restrain him from making public statements against the conduct of central government officers who were in breach of their official dutiesOn Tuesday senior counsel Birendra Saraf who appeared for Dnyandev Wankhede submitted transcripts of statements made by Malik in January this year during several press conferences Saraf told the bench of Justices SJ Kathawalla and Nitin Jadhav that the statements referred to some bogus cases by NCB officers fraud extortion from film actors and Sameer Wankhedes alleged illegal caste certificate He said Malik also spoke in these press conferences of the present defamation suit filed by DnyandevThese are not within the ambit of the concession of speaking in general about misconduct by central government officials Saraf said His Maliks reply filed in the HC merely says that his statements fall within the concession He should have explained how His statements are in breach of the HC order and some appropriate action must be taken Saraf told the HC However Maliks counsel Karl Tamboly told the HC that his client had not named Sameer Wankhede in the press conferences mentioned by SarafTamboly said Malik had spoken about the former NCB officers caste certificate being illegal but it was because such illegality was the very premise of the complaint filed by the minister against Sameer Wankhede before the state caste scrutiny committee The HC asked why the NCP leader continued to talk publicly about Sameer Wankhedes caste certificate being illegal when the scrutiny committee was yet to take a decision What are you Malik trying to do Is there a decision on whether the caste certificate is illegal or not If not then how can he Malik say it is fake the HC said You are continuing it Naming him Sameer Wankhede at the press conference is not within the ambit of our order accepting Maliks undertaking the court saidWhile Tamboly reiterated that Malik had not named Wankhede in the press conferences and that Saraf had submitted an incorrect transcript of the same the HC said if such was the case then Malik should have submitted his own set of transcriptsIf the respondent Malik is not accepting the veracity of the press conference transcripts submitted by the petitioner Dnyandev he ought to have submitted his own transcripts the HC said We therefore direct the registry to issue a show cause notice to the respondent Malik the bench said The court directed Malik to respond to the show cause notice by February 21 the next date of hearing on Dnyandev Wankhedes contempt pleaThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever