Updated On: 22 December, 2025 12:21 PM IST | New Delhi | mid-day online correspondent
Kokate`s conviction and two-year sentence by a magistrate in February this year were upheld by the Nashik sessions court last Tuesday, holding that he and his brother dishonestly induced the state government to allot them flats

Manikrao Kokate. File Pic
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed conviction of former Maharashtra minister Manikrao Kokate in a cheating and forgery case, reported news agency PTI.
A vacation bench of Chief Justice Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi issued notice to the Maharashtra government on Kokate`s plea.