MODI GOVTS ANOTHER SCHEME EXPOSED

Sheela Bhatt of redif.com lifted the lid off a Gujarat government scheme, piloted by former Law Minister Amit Shah to offer prime plots cheap to judges.Three months before his arrest in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case, Amit Shah had offered prime land near Ahmedabad to all judges of the Gujarat High Court on behalf of the state government at a price considerably lower than prevailing market rate. A Gujarat high court office-bearer has, off-the-record, confirmed this development. Except a couple of judges, most judges accepted the offer. According to him, “The Gujarat government mooted a scheme some months back to allot land to all Gujarat High Court judges and also to some judges who were elevated or transferred out of Gujarat.” A lot of deliberation took place over the allotment between the judiciary and the state government, he added.