On October 13, Shiv Sena MLA Aditya Thackeray, in an application filed in the Bombay High Court, has asked to be heard before any order is passed with relation to a PIL which was filed earlier, in connection with the mysterious deaths of actor Sushant Singh Rajput, and his former manager, Disha Salian. Thackeray, in his application, said that the PIL will not be considered as a probe by the state machinery was already underway in the matter.
The PIL was filed back in the month of September, by the Supreme Court and High Court Litigants Association of India, through its President, Rashid Khan Pathan, and demanded the immediate arrest of Thackeray in connection with the deaths.
Thackeray’s lawyer said, ‘We have filed an intervention application saying we should be heard before any order is passed. We have said the PIL is not maintainable as the investigation in Sushant Singh Rajput matter is already on by the CBI.’
He added, ‘How can any order be passed in a PIL when a state machinery is already seized of the probe?’
The PIL is yet to be taken up by the HC for hearing.
