Shiv Sena (UBT) MLA Aaditya Thackeray on October 13 filed an intervention application before the Bombay high court seeking to be heard before any order is passed in a public interest litigation (PIL) which seeks a status report on the probes into the deaths of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and his former manager, Disha Salian, both in 2020. The PIL, filed by the Supreme Court and High Court Litigants’ Association on September 27, also seeks directions from the high court to probe agencies to probe allegations made by a BJP MLA against Aaditya.
Thackeray’s plea claimed that the PIL is “frivolous”. He said, the PIL seeks “substantial relief against” him “in a matter which has already been investigated by various agencies”, hence he be heard as he would “be adversely affected” by any orders. On October 17, the petitioner filed a perjury plea against Aaditya Thackeray. The matter is likely to be heard on October 20.