Bhagat Singh Koshyari was the second chief minister of Uttarakhand from 2001 to 2002.
New Delhi:
Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari has appealed to the Supreme Court to challenge the publication of an opinion by the Uttarakhand High Court on a motion to initiate contempt proceedings against him for failure to pay market rent for a government bungalow assigned to him as a former chief minister.
A petition filed in the Uttarakhand High Court alleged that Maharashtra governor Mr. Koshyari had so far failed to pay market rent for a government bungalow assigned to him as a former minister chief.
Acting on this petition, the High Court of Uttarakhand had, on October 20, 2020, asked the governor of Maharashtra for the response of Mr. Koshyari for having opened contempt proceedings against him for his failure to comply with an order of court to pay market rent for a government bungalow assigned to him as a former chief minister.
This order of the Uttarakhand High Court of October 20, 2020 was challenged on Tuesday by Mr. Koshyari in the Supreme Court and he asked the High Court to stay the further proceedings in the contempt case pending before the High Court of Uttarakhand in Nainital. .
Mr Koshyari, in his petition, also requested that the higher court also grant him special leave to appeal against the judgment of May 03, 2019, order of the High Court of Uttarakhand.
The plea filed in the High Court of Uttarakhand, accused the former chief minister of having committed a “willful non-compliance” with the order of the CH of May 3, 2019 asking him to pay the market rent of the bungalow occupied by him as the former chief minister within six months of the leadership.
Mr. Koshyari was the second chief minister of Uttarakhand (formerly Uttaranchal) from 2001 to 2002.
