Overview
- Special ACB judge Shayana Patil rejected Chandrakant Vasudev’s bail plea, with a detailed order awaited.
- The ACB alleges Vasudev was caught accepting ₹15 lakh at a Chembur café to secure a favourable order in a land dispute.
- Prosecutors say Additional Sessions Judge Aejazuddin Salauddin Kazi is a wanted co-accused, with a proposal for action pending before the Bombay High Court.
- Investigators point to phone calls and messages indicating coordination between the clerk and the judge and seek to question them together.
- The defence argues further custody is unwarranted because phones, memory cards and voice samples have been seized and that the Prevention of Corruption Act elements are not satisfied.