Court reserves order on admission of petition against Hazare

A division bench of Chief Justice Dipak Misra and Justice Sanjiv Khanna said the "order is reserved on the question of admission of the present petition". The court said the matter had to be studied before deciding on it.

The bench was hearing a petition filed by a Pune-based NGO, National Anti-corruption Public Power. The NGO president, Heman Baburao Patil, alleged that Hazare's NGO Hind Swaraj Trust was found guilty of corrupt practices in an inquiry by retired Supreme Court judge P.B. Sawant.

"One of the trusts run by Hazare is still unregistered and has been receiving money illegally in violation and contravention of laws," Patil alleged in his petition.

Patil further said in his complaint that several other criminal complaints were also pending against the 73-year-old activist. He demanded that Hazare should be removed from the committee constituted for drafting the Lokpal Bill.

Hazare went on a 97-hour fast earlier this month following which the government set up a joint panel of cabinet ministers and members of civil society to draft a stringent Lokpal Bill.