HC rejects plea to file FIR against Modi

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday dismissed a petition moved by suspended IAS officer Pradeep Sharma, in which the latter had sought direction to state authorities to register an FIR against Gujarat CM Narendra Modi and others in connection with the alleged snooping row.

A single judge Bench of HC comprising Justice G R Udhwani dismissed the petition on the ground that Sharma had alternate remedy available to approach the concerned magisterial court to get his complaint registered.

Justice Udhwani held that Sharma’s petition was not maintainable under the provisions of Article 226 of the Constitution and that he should avail the alternate remedy of approaching the magisterial court if the police authorities were not registering the FIR.