The Gujarat High Court today issued notices to the Centre and Gujarat government seeking their replies to a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by a city-based resident demanding a CBI probe into illegal mining in Porbandar district with alleged complicity of Gujarat Agriculture Minister Babu Bokhiria.
A divison bench of Chief Justice Bhaskar Bhattacharya and Justice J B Pardiwala today issued notices to the Centre, Gujarat state and other concerned departments seeking their replies to the PIL seeking an independent CBI probe into the alleged illegal mining.
Porbandar MLA Bokhiria and three others were convicted in a Rs 54-crore illegal limestone mining case of 2006 by a court of Chief Judicial Magistrate in Porbandar on June 15. A week later, a sessions court stayed their conviction.
