Ranchi: The Supreme Court has given a big relief to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren. On a PIL filed against the allotment of leases and investments by their close aides in the shell company, the apex court said the PILs are not maintainable. With this, the Supreme Court has overturned the decision of the Jharkhand High Court.

The Jharkhand High Court had held the PIL filed against Hemant Soren as maintainable. On August 17, the apex court concluded the hearing on the appeal petition filed by Hemant Soren and the state government and reserved its verdict. The Jharkhand government and the state CM Hemant Soren had approached the Supreme Court against the Jharkhand High Court order. A bench of Justices Dinesh Maheshwari and Sudhanshu Dhulia passed the order on Monday. Apparently, the apex court's decision has brought great relief to CM Soren.

Hemant Soren was accused of wrongly allotting mining leases and investing in a shell company by his close aides. Petitioner Shivshankar Sharma had filed a PIL in the Jharkhand High Court seeking a hearing.

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