Mayor Soumya Gurjar Case: Supreme Court directs to submit judicial inquiry report next month
Short time relief to Soumya Gurjar: Supreme Court directs to submit judicial inquiry report next month
The government will present the report of the judicial inquiry against the Mayor of Jaipur Municipal Corporation Greater Dr. Soumya Gurjar in the Supreme Court in September. An application was made on behalf of Additional Advocate General (AAG) Manish Singhvi to present this report in the court, on which the court has asked it to submit the report on 23 September. In such a situation, the speculation about the sacking of Mayor Soumya Gurjar has been put to rest till 23 September. After presenting the report to the government, the instructions of the Supreme Court are awaited, only after the instructions will be received here, the government will be able to take any action related to the dismissal of the mayor.
After issuing a stay on the suspension orders in February, the Supreme Court had given the date for the next hearing on October 26. Along with this, instructions were given to the state government that after the judicial inquiry comes, he should be presented in the court first and only then further action should be taken. Now before August 15, the report of the judicial inquiry has come to the government, so the government has made the mind of an early hearing in this matter. Due to this, while giving a special application in the court, it has been demanded to present the report of the judicial inquiry before the scheduled date of October 26.
On June 6, 2021, last year, the government held the then Municipal Corporation Greater Commissioner Yagyamitra Singh Dev in the case of assault, pushing and using abusive language, along with 3 councillors as well as Mayor Soumya Gurjar. was suspended. After this, the government started a judicial inquiry against Soumya Gurjar along with these three councillors. The report of this judicial inquiry has been submitted to the government recently.
In the case of a dispute with the then municipal commissioner Yagyamitra Singh, the state government had dismissed 3 councillors from the post on 22 August itself. BJP councillor Paras Jain from ward 72, Ajay Singh from ward 39 and independent Shankar Sharma from ward 103, after the membership ends, re-elections will be held here within the next 6 months. All these three councillors have been sacked by the government after being found guilty in the judicial inquiry and according to the rules, these public representatives will not be able to contest elections for the next 6 years.