Jaipur, Nov 1, 2025

The Rajasthan High Court has granted the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) permission to take action against former state Minister Shanti Dhariwal in the single-lease case, reopening a matter that once saw the Gehlot government clearing his name.

The court has now paved the way for hearing the pending protest petitions challenging the ACB’s closure report. The next hearing is set for December 5.

Acting Chief Justice Sanjeev Prakash Sharma issued the order on Dhariwal’s petition. The court clarified that the pending protest petitions against the ACB’s closure report must be decided by the trial court, and that judicial proceedings cannot be halted.

In court, government representatives, including ASG S.V. Raju, AAG Shiv Mangal Sharma, and advocate Sonali Gaur, argued that

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