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SC notice to Rajasthan govt on ex-mayor Somya Gurjar’s suspension | Jaipur News
JAIPUR: The Supreme Court has issued notice to the local bodies department and acting mayor Sheel Dabhai over suspension of JMC-Greater mayor Somya Gurjar. The court has asked the government to reply within three weeks and posted the matter for hearing on August 24.
Somya had challenged her suspension in the high court, but it upheld the decision of the government. Then she approached the Supreme Court through an appeal petition.
Former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi, while arguing for Gurjar, said she had been accused of speaking loudly according to the FIR lodged by the commissioner. She was suspended by the state government which treated it as misbehaviour.
Rohatgi said a public representative could not be suspended from the post for speaking in loud voice to an official as misbehaviour and it amounted to abuse of power.
Gurjar had challenged her suspension in the Rajasthan High Court earlier under Section 39 (1d) of the Municipalities Act 2009.
Commissioner Yagya Mitra Singh had alleged that Gurjar and four councillors misbehaved him at the mayor’s chamber after calling him for a meeting June 4. He had complained to the director of local bodies alleging that he had been assaulted and misbehaved. An FIR was loaded at Jyoti Nagar police station against the mayor and four councillors.
The government had ordered a probe into the incident and based on the injury report, suspended the mayor and three councillors from their posts on June 6. The government also ordered a judicial probe.
Somya had challenged her suspension in the high court, but it upheld the decision of the government. Then she approached the Supreme Court through an appeal petition.
Former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi, while arguing for Gurjar, said she had been accused of speaking loudly according to the FIR lodged by the commissioner. She was suspended by the state government which treated it as misbehaviour.
Rohatgi said a public representative could not be suspended from the post for speaking in loud voice to an official as misbehaviour and it amounted to abuse of power.
Gurjar had challenged her suspension in the Rajasthan High Court earlier under Section 39 (1d) of the Municipalities Act 2009.
Commissioner Yagya Mitra Singh had alleged that Gurjar and four councillors misbehaved him at the mayor’s chamber after calling him for a meeting June 4. He had complained to the director of local bodies alleging that he had been assaulted and misbehaved. An FIR was loaded at Jyoti Nagar police station against the mayor and four councillors.
The government had ordered a probe into the incident and based on the injury report, suspended the mayor and three councillors from their posts on June 6. The government also ordered a judicial probe.
