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BL KAK
NEW DELHI, JUNE 14: In a soup is former Chief Justice, YK Sabharwal. This follows reports suggesting that he may have had a motive in ordering demolition and closure of illegal business establishments in Delhi. A tabloid has, in a significant turn of events,cast doubts on the judge's intentions when it published a series of reports linking his two sons, Chetan and Nitin, with leading mall developers who prospered when the sealing and demolition drive took effect in the Union capital under Sabharwal's orders.
The paper has since been served a contempt notice for maligning the former Chief Justice by the Delhi High Court. "It is surprising that instead of initiating any action against him or getting the facts probed, they have served a contempt notice on us", Vitusha Oberoi, resident editor of Mid Day, said.
Interestingly, the contents of the reports have never been denied by Sabharwal or his two sons. Sabharwal is presently holidaying in Iceland. Mid Day first reported that Sabharwal's 3/81 Punjabi Bagh bungalow in West Delhi had served as the registered office of three companies, namely Sabs Exports, Sug Exports and Pawan Impex Pvt. Ltd, owned by his two sons.
Several buildings were sealed in the capital citing similar irregularities but the paper quoted Sabharwal as justifying it by saying that the particular address had been provided merely for postal purposes. Further investigations brought to light that the three firms had shifted their registered offices to 6 Motilal Nehru Road bungalow, the official residence of the Chief Justice of India, during the time Sabharwal held the post.
He retired on January 14 this year, following which the registered addresses of the three companies shifted to his Punjabi Bagh residence yet again. Interestingly Pawan Impex Pvt. Ltd. witnessed tremendous growth during the two years that Sabharwal was the Chief Justice, report said.
Prices and rentals of shops in malls in Delhi and its satellite towns shot up dramatically when the sealing drive started. Most of the affected business establishments were left with no options but to shift to malls from commercial establishments existing in residential areas.
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