Puja Khedkar case: The Delhi Excessive Court docket is ready to ship its judgement on Monday relating to the anticipatory bail plea of former IAS officer Puja Khedkar, who’s going through legal expenses filed by the Delhi Police, accusing her of dishonest and unlawfully claiming OBC and incapacity quota advantages within the civil providers examination. The bench of Justice Chander Dhari Singh reserved its order on November 27, 2024. In the meantime, the courtroom has prolonged the interim safety granted to Khedkar till the ultimate choice is made.
Khedkar, by means of Advocate Bina Madhvan, acknowledged that she is prepared to cooperate with the investigation and submitted that custodial interrogation just isn’t vital. The Delhi Police, nonetheless, by means of Particular Public Prosecutor Advocate Sanjeev Bhandari, knowledgeable the courtroom that the investigation is ongoing, and custodial interrogation could also be required to uncover the bigger conspiracy, including that sure elements of the conspiracy nonetheless have to be examined.
This title change was performed so as to fraudulently avail extra makes an attempt, he added. Earlier, Delhi Police opposed the anticipatory bail plea and knowledgeable the Delhi Excessive Court docket that because the investigation progresses, a bigger conspiracy is rising within the matter. In the meantime, the UPSC withdrew its perjury functions, stating that it might file a separate unbiased utility. The UPSC alleged that Khedkar tried to govern the judicial system and acknowledged that Puja Khedkar has dedicated perjury by submitting a false affidavit, and the intent behind making such a blatantly false assertion naturally seems to be an try to receive beneficial orders on the idea of the false assertion.
UPSC acknowledged that the “Declare that the Fee collected her biometrics is completely false and have been made with the only purpose and goal of deceiving the Court docket for acquiring beneficial orders. The mentioned declare is denied because the Fee didn’t accumulate any biometric knowledge (eyes and fingerprints) throughout her persona check or perform any makes an attempt at verification on the idea of the identical. The Fee has not collected any biometric info from any candidate in the course of the persona check of the Civil Providers Examinations held to date.”
Just lately, Delhi Police registered an FIR on the idea of a grievance filed by the Union Public Service Fee (UPSC) in opposition to Puja Manorama Dilip Khedkar. Just lately, the Delhi Excessive Court docket has additionally issued discover to suspended IAS trainee Puja Khedkar on an utility moved by the Union Public Service Fee (UPSC) claiming that she made an incorrect assertion in her petition that she was not served the order of cancellation of her candidature.
UPSC acknowledged that communication relating to cancelling her candidature was communicated to her on her registered mail ID. So she falsely submitted earlier than the Delhi Excessive Court docket earlier that the press launch dated 31.07.2024 was not formally communicated to her.