Mapusa Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) Apurva Nagvenkar who has been
monitoring the investigation into the cheating case registered against
Goa’s Tourism Minister Dilip Parulekar in connection with the Serula
Communidade land grab case has been shunted to Ponda.
Judge Apurva Nagvenkar was posted as Mapusa JMFC just five months ago on
June 2nd.With no other Judge posted in her place the ‘E’ Court at Mapusa
will now temporarily remain closed.
As the police were acting as caged parrots and dragging their feet, the
Mapusa JMFC Apurva Nagvenkar on 14th August decided to monitor the
investigation and directed the Crime Branch to file a report every 15 days
on the status of the investigation into the F.I.R of cheating that was
registered on January 17th this year against Tourism Minister Dilip
Parulekar in the 599 sq mt Serula Communidade land grab case. Later on
October 7th JMFC Apurva Nagvenkar while expressing displeasure in the slow
pace of the investigation further directed the Crime Branch to complete the
investigation against Dilip Parulekar within a month.
Earlier this month Judge PV Sawaikar of the Goa CBI Court was stripped of
his powers to hear cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act on the eve
of his scheduled pronouncement of the order in the disproportionate assets
case against Goa Speaker Rajendra Arlekar.
Judge Sawaikar had last month also censured the Anti-Corruption Branch for
having sought orders from Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar in a complaint
that was filed against him. Taking note that Chief Minister Manohar
Parrikar should not have been allowed to go into the records of the
investigation, Judge Sawaikar had in his order stated that the SP of ACB,
ought not to have followed such a procedure as it amounts to taking opinion
of an accused.
Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar and his dubious Advocate General Atmaram
Nadkarni have been blackmailing and arm twisting Judges into submission.
The Chief Minister and the Advocate General should have no say in the
selection, promotion and posting of Judges.
The day is not far when Manohar Parrikar and Atmaram Nadkarni will be
dictating judgments with the Judges only pronouncing them. There could not
have been a bigger assault on the independence and sanctity of the Judiciary
Aires Rodrigues
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