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HC dismisses PIL challenging 'Z' security to Mukesh Ambani
Updated On: 08 August, 2013 06:10 PM IST | | Agencies
Observing that the Centre has the executive powers to analyse threat perception and provide protection to any private person or entity, the Bombay High Court today dismissed a PIL challenging the 'Z' category CRPF security given to Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani.
A division bench of Chief Justice Mohit Shah and Justice M S Sancklecha today dismissed the public interest litigation filed by two social activists Nitin Deshpande and Vikrant Karnik seeking quashing of the April 21 order of the Union government, which gave CRPF security to Ambani.u00a0
"There is nothing in the CRPF Act or rules that take away the executive powers of the central government to provide protection to a private person or entity. It is up to the authority to scrutinise and decide on demand for protection, " the court said.
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