Devendra Fadnavis government had asked me not to appear in Maratha reservation case, Maharashtra AG Ashutosh Kumbhakoni says
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After a former standing counsel alleged that Maharashtra AG Ashutosh Kumbhakoni was responsible for Supreme Court verdict against #Marathareservation, the AG has cleared the air, saying that it was the erstwhile BJP government that did not want him to argue the case.
Soon after the #MarathaReservation verdict, the state’s former standing counsel Nishant Katneshwarkar claimed that AG Kumbhakoni had not argued for the state even once in either the Bombay High Court or the Supreme Court.
The hearing in the Bombay HC started in February 2019. In January 2019, the Maratha group of people had a meeting in Sholapur where a decision was taken that former Advocate General VA Thorat should appear in the case. #MarathaReservation #Maratha_Reservation
CASTE - Thorat a Maratha while Kumbhakoni was not!
Sources close to the meeting that was held in Sholapur confirmed to Bar & Bench that such a decision was indeed taken, as Thorat was a Maratha by caste and AG Kumbhakoni was not.
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#MarathaReservation While blaming the AG for the debacle in SC, Katneshwarkar stated that the verdict was "shocking" for people of Maharashtra.
Source close to the AG's office speculate that one of reasons why Katneshwarkar has blamed Kumbhakoni for the verdict is:
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