Nagpur:
Maharashtra Cabinet Minister Chandrashekhar Bawanakul said on Monday that he called personally and apologized on the ‘protocol omission’ from the state government to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) BR Gavai from the ‘Protocol Laps’ from the state government.
Chandrashekhar Bawankule, who is also the BJP president of the state, said that the top government officials cannot arrive on time to get the CJI according to the protocol and Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has taken cognizance of the incident.
CJI Gawai on Sunday expressed displeasure over the absence of Maharashtra Chief Secretary, Director General of Police or Mumbai Police Commissioner, who was elevated to the top judicial post to receive him to receive him during the state’s first visit. CJI Gawai, who took oath of the new office on 14 May, was in Mumbai for a felicitation program.
Responding to a question on the absence of senior officials during the visit, the cabinet minister told reporters in Nagpur that CJI Gawai, who lives in Amravati district of the state, was Bhushan (Jewel) of Maharashtra.
“Chief Justice of India Bhushan Gawai is Maharashtra Bhushan, Amravati and Nagpur Bhushan for us. It was a happy moment for us when he took over as CJI,” said Bawankule.
The minister said, “I personally called CJI Bhushan Gawai and apologized to the government on the night yesterday (Sunday). He has a big heart. He comes from Amravati and will definitely forgive us,” the minister said.
(Except for the headline, the story has not been edited by NDTV employees and is published by a syndicated feed.)
