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Justice Mishra revealed that Sanjay Pathak, who represents the Vijayraghavgarh assembly constituency, recently tried to call him to discuss the case
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A judge from the Madhya Pradesh High Court has withdrawn from hearing a case related to illegal mining, stating that a sitting BJP MLA attempted to contact him regarding the matter.
In an order passed on September 1 (Monday), Justice Vishal Mishra revealed that Sanjay Pathak, BJP MLA from the Vijayraghavgarh assembly constituency, had recently tried to call him to discuss the case, Bar and Bench reported.
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“Mr. Sanjay Pathak has made an attempt to call me to have discussion regarding this particular matter, therefore, I am not inclined to entertain this writ petition,” the judge said in his order.
Following this, Justice Mishra directed that the case be placed before the Chief Justice of the High Court to be reassigned to another bench. “Let the matter be placed before the Hon’ble Chief Justice for listing the matter before the appropriate Bench for consideration,” the order further stated.
The case involves a writ petition filed in the High Court by Ashutosh Dixit, who had earlier approached the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) in Bhopal.
Dixit had alleged large-scale illegal mining and claimed that the EOW had failed to take action on his complaint, prompting him to seek judicial intervention.
Although Pathak was not named as a respondent in the petition, he filed an application before the court seeking to intervene, stating that he should be heard in the matter. It was after this move that he allegedly attempted to contact the judge.
Dixit was represented by Senior Advocate SR Tamrakar and Advocate Ankit Chopra, while the Economic Offences Wing was represented by Advocate Madhur Shukla.
The matter will now be placed before another bench of the Madhya Pradesh High Court, as directed by Justice Mishra.
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