New Delhi, Oct 14 (PTI) The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain a plea of Daman and Diu MP seeking a court-monitored SIT probe into alleged financial irregularities of about Rs 33 crore in the renovation, demolition, and restoration of the Union Territory secretariat building at Moti Daman.

A bench comprising Chief Justice B R Gavai and Justice K Vinod Chandran asked Member of Parliament Umeshbhai Babubhai Patel to approach the Bombay High Court with his plea.

During the hearing, the counsel for Patel submitted that the MP was facing 52 FIRs and was also challenging an order passed by the Lokpal.

The lawyer submitted that the multiple cases against the MP were a result of his raising his voice against corruption and financial mismanagement in the Union Territory administration

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