The Supreme Court on Tuesday declined to entertain a plea by Daman and Diu MP Umeshbhai Babubhai Patel seeking a court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) probe into alleged financial irregularities of approximately ₹33 crore in the renovation, demolition, and restoration of the Union Territory Secretariat building at Moti Daman. The Court directed him to approach the Bombay High Court for appropriate relief.

A Bench of Chief Justice B.R. Gavai and Justice K. Vinod Chandran was hearing the plea when Patel’s counsel argued that the MP was being targeted for exposing corruption in the Union Territory administration.

During the hearing, Patel’s counsel informed the court that the MP was facing 52 FIRs and was also challenging an order passed by the Lokpal. He argued that these ca

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