<p>The Gujarat High Court on Friday rejected a contempt plea against Chief Minister Narendra Modi for not giving prosecution sanction permission against a minister.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Modi government recently refused to give prosecution sanction against Minister of State for Fisheries Purshottam Solanki for his alleged role in a Rs 400-crore scam. <br /><br />The court, however, ordered that the final say on the sanction will be taken by the governor.<br /><br />A contempt petition was filed against the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues by advocate Mukul Sinha who alleged that they refused a prosecution sanction without the consent of the state governor. <br /><br />However, the state government in its reply on Friday stated that the cabinet decision of June 27 had been duly forwarded to the governor the next day.<br /><br />Advocate general Kamal Trivedi informed the two-judge bench of Justice Jayant Patel and Justice C L Soni that the government had acted as per a court order and taken a decision on the sanction plea. <br /></p>
<p>The Gujarat High Court on Friday rejected a contempt plea against Chief Minister Narendra Modi for not giving prosecution sanction permission against a minister.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The Modi government recently refused to give prosecution sanction against Minister of State for Fisheries Purshottam Solanki for his alleged role in a Rs 400-crore scam. <br /><br />The court, however, ordered that the final say on the sanction will be taken by the governor.<br /><br />A contempt petition was filed against the chief minister and his cabinet colleagues by advocate Mukul Sinha who alleged that they refused a prosecution sanction without the consent of the state governor. <br /><br />However, the state government in its reply on Friday stated that the cabinet decision of June 27 had been duly forwarded to the governor the next day.<br /><br />Advocate general Kamal Trivedi informed the two-judge bench of Justice Jayant Patel and Justice C L Soni that the government had acted as per a court order and taken a decision on the sanction plea. <br /></p>
