MUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Tuesday directed state minister Nawab Malik to file an affidavit, explaining why action not be taken against him for wilful breach of his undertaking not to post or make statements against Dnyandev Wankhede and his son — Narcotics Control Bureau officer Sameer Wankhede — and their family.
“We are prima facie satisfied that undertaking given by him …has been wilfully breached,” said a bench of Justices S J Kathawalla and Milind Jadhav after hearing a plea by senior counsel Birendra Saraf representing Dnyandev Wankhede.
Saraf said Malik had flouted his own promise to the court and had on December 3 given interviews making unwarranted statements against the Wankhede family.
Saraf said, “is this some kind of joke?” He furnished three print-outs of interviews given by Malik and a post on his social media page on December 3 where he was again reiterating comments about Wankhede’s trip abroad or talking about his actions. The high court said a consent order was passed on November 29 after the respondent —Nawab Malik —agreed through his advocate not to make any posts, comments or give interviews against the Wankhedes.
A statement made by him was accepted as an undertaking by the HC, the bench noted.
