Sanjiv Bhatt suspended IPS Officer of Gujarat has requested to examine 47 IB documents by moving High Court to Nanavati Commission probing in 2002 riots of Gujarat.
In a review petition filed on Wednesday, the commission argued the court could not issue such an order.
Justice G T Nanavati, the inquiry commission’s chairman, said they had sought a review of the order. A division bench is likely to take up the matter on Thursday.
On Monday the HC had directed the commission to allow Bhatt to inspect all state IB documents so he could file an affidavit. Last October the HC had asked the state government to supply the suspended IPS officer all the 47 documents he had sought for inspection, even if they were classified. The government had raised the matter of relevance and confidentiality to oppose the HC order, but the court had rejected the objections.
Since the HC was unmoved on the issue of relevance and permitted Bhatt to begin inspection within three days and file the affidavit by June 27, he went to the commission.
