<p class="title">The Supreme Court has stayed the arrest of a Ahmedabad hospital's medical superintendent, who was accused of indulging in corruption and seeking pecuniary benefits for some works in L G municipal hospital.</p>.<p class="title">He was suspended after his acts were recorded by the contractor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A vacation bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra granted interim relief to Dr Rajesh Chandulal Shah in an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Ahmedabad Police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court issued a notice to the Gujarat government on a special leave petition filed by Shah, challenging the high court's order of June 12, rejecting his plea for anticipatory bail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court sought a response from the state government within four weeks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There shall be stay of arrest of the petitioner in connection with FIR No 06/2018 registered at ACB Police Station, Ahmedabad until further orders," the bench ordered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court, however, directed Shah to cooperate in the investigation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shah, superintendent of L G Hospital was suspended in March after allegations of corruption were made by a contractor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The contractor for putting up signboards at the hospital claimed that he had handed a bill of Rs 1. 17 lakh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">About six months ago, when he contacted Shah to get his dues cleared, Shah reportedly demanded Rs 20,000 from him to pass the bill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He recorded the incident and sent the video to the civic chief along with an application against Shah.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ahmedabad Municipal Commission chief Mukesh Kumar ordered an inquiry and the video was found to be genuine by forensic science laboratory in Gandhinagar.</p>
<p class="title">The Supreme Court has stayed the arrest of a Ahmedabad hospital's medical superintendent, who was accused of indulging in corruption and seeking pecuniary benefits for some works in L G municipal hospital.</p>.<p class="title">He was suspended after his acts were recorded by the contractor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">A vacation bench of Justices S Abdul Nazeer and Indu Malhotra granted interim relief to Dr Rajesh Chandulal Shah in an FIR registered by the Anti-Corruption Branch of the Ahmedabad Police.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court issued a notice to the Gujarat government on a special leave petition filed by Shah, challenging the high court's order of June 12, rejecting his plea for anticipatory bail.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court sought a response from the state government within four weeks.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"There shall be stay of arrest of the petitioner in connection with FIR No 06/2018 registered at ACB Police Station, Ahmedabad until further orders," the bench ordered.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court, however, directed Shah to cooperate in the investigation.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Shah, superintendent of L G Hospital was suspended in March after allegations of corruption were made by a contractor.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The contractor for putting up signboards at the hospital claimed that he had handed a bill of Rs 1. 17 lakh.</p>.<p class="bodytext">About six months ago, when he contacted Shah to get his dues cleared, Shah reportedly demanded Rs 20,000 from him to pass the bill.</p>.<p class="bodytext">He recorded the incident and sent the video to the civic chief along with an application against Shah.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Ahmedabad Municipal Commission chief Mukesh Kumar ordered an inquiry and the video was found to be genuine by forensic science laboratory in Gandhinagar.</p>
