Rajasthan HC reserves order on Raje graft plea

JAIPUR: Rajasthan High Court on Wednesday reserved order on whether to issue notice to chief minister Vasundhara Raje, her ex-husband Hemant Singh, MP son Dushyant Singh, CBI, officials of Union urban development and housing, deputy registrar (stamp ) Bharatpur and then collector Bharatpur on a petition on misuse of power under Prevention of Corruption Act and tax evasion in the transfer of properties.
The single bench of Justice Prashant Agarwal after day-long hearing on Wednesday reserved the order. Noted Supreme Court lawyer Indra Jaising appeared for the petitioner.
The petitioner Ram Singh Kaswa and Sajna Shresht said Raje during her first tenure as chief minister by misusing her position had transferred the state and Central government properties of Dholpur palace, a property in Panchsheel Marg in Delhi and some other properties in the name of her son Dushayant Singh as per a compromise reached with her ex-husband Hemant Singh.
Following the compromise, they got a decree issued in their favour by the ADJ Court in Bharatpur on April 9 2007. The petitioner said the ADJ Bharatpur issued the decree in favour of Raje and Dushyant Singh without making the Central and state government a party.
He demanded action under Prevention of Corruption Act .
The petitioners further claimed that the total value of the properties transferred is to the tune of Rs 15,000 crore and the stamp duty should have been Rs 105 crore as per rule. But the property was transferred by paying a stamp duty of Rs 10,000 which is huge evasion of stamp duty.