HC on Ghai: Land unduly given to blue-eyed boy
April 04, 2012 12:49
Details of the report on the HC order on Subhash Ghai.
In a setback to film producer Subhash Ghai, the Supreme Court today upheld the Bombay High Court order quashing the 20 acre land allotted to his film
institute in Filmcity. The court also pulled up former Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh for allotting the land in 2004, saying the CM cannot bend or bypass rules to give away government land.
"One cannot be treated as blue-eyed boy for which chief minister can bend or bypass rules to give away the land of the state," the bench said.
The apex court further said that they there is lack of transparency in the allotment of land as many CMs prior to Deshmukh had not cleared the project.
"The state government has given land to its blue-eyed boy for a paltry sum of money," the bench said. "You are a great film maker, but there are greater film
makers also. Why you have been chosen? There must be transparency," the bench observed.
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