The Bombay High Court on Wednesday (December 10, 2025) flagged concerns about the police investigation into a controversial ₹300-crore land transaction in Pune, asking whether authorities were “protecting the son of the Deputy Chief Minister and only investigating others.”
A Single Bench judge, Justice Madhav Jamdar, made the observation while hearing the anticipatory bail plea of businesswoman Sheetal Kisanchand Tejwani, who is named in the FIR but claims she acted only as a power of attorney holder. “Is the police protecting the son of the Deputy Chief Minister and only investigating others?” the judge asked, referring to Parth Pawar, majority partner in Amadea Enterprises LLP, which purchased 40 acres of land in Mundhwa.
Public Prosecutor Mankunwar Deshmukh responded that the investigating agency would act “as per law.”
The land, categorised as Mahar watan property, cannot be sold without prior government approval. The FIR alleges that the firm was also exempted from paying ₹21 crore in stamp duty. A committee headed by the Joint Inspector General of Registration had indicted Parth’s cousin Digvijay Patil, Tejwani, and sub-registrar Ravindra Taru, but Parth was not named as his signature did not appear on any document.
