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The Bombay High Court has issued notice to Pallonji Mistry,chairman of the Shapoorji Pallonji group,one of the countrys biggest realty firms,in an alleged disproportionate assets case.
The SP group was earlier headed by Cyrus Mistry till he was appointed successor to Ratan Tata. At present,his elder brother,Shapoor Mistry,is the managing director while his father,Pallonji Mistry,is the chairman.
A Division Bench of Justice S A Bobde and Justice Mridula Bhatkar issued the notice while hearing a PIL filed by former journalist Ketan Tirodkar. The case is related to suspended deputy collector of Raigad Nitish Thakur. In March,Thakur was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau after it conducted raids on his properties in Mumbai,Alibaug,Thane,Murud and Raigad.
According to the agency,Thakur owned assets worth about Rs 248 crore. In his petition,Tirodkar cited the remand application filed by the ACB pertaining to Thakur.
Last week,Home Minister R R Patil told the Assembly that Thakur had received a large sum of money from SP and the state would probe the reason. MNS MLA Pravin Darekar had alleged on the floor of the House that Thakur had helped the real estate firm to get a lucrative Slum Rehabilitation Authority project in Kandivli.
