🔥 FIR Not Optional: National Stand Tightens Noose, Political Isolation of Aditya Thackeray Begins.
Mumbai | Special Report
The Disha Salian case has now exploded into a full-blown legal and political storm. After the Chief Justice’s sharp rebuke to Mumbai Police, senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar have taken a clear and uncompromising stand — registration of an FIR is a citizen’s absolute legal right.
This is not mere rhetoric. Rahul Gandhi’s role in facilitating a ‘Zero FIR’ in Karnataka after Mumbai Police allegedly refused to register an FIR in the Ajit Pawar death matter has sent a blunt message:
👉 FIR registration is not a choice — it is a legal compulsion. No authority can evade it.
👉 No individual, however powerful, is above the law.
⚖️ Aditya Thackeray Under Direct Fire
These developments have pushed Aditya Thackeray and Uddhav Thackeray into a tightening legal and political corner.
The demand for FIR in the Disha Salian case is now legally fortified and politically amplified
Mumbai Police is under increasing pressure to act
And most significantly — Congress and Sharad Pawar are no longer seen backing Aditya Thackeray’s position
In fact, Aditya Thackeray’s own move to approach the High Court opposing FIR registration is now backfiring, raising a serious and unavoidable question:
👉 Why oppose FIR if there is nothing to hide?
⚡ Bombay High Court Blows the Lid Off Police Narrative
In a devastating blow, the Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, Justice Chandrashekhar, has effectively dismantled the Mumbai Police’s five-year-old ‘accidental death’ inquiry under Section 174 CrPC.
The Court made it crystal clear:
Section 174 inquiry must conclude within 24 hours
It is limited to basic spot inspection
It cannot cover murder or other cognizable offences
Even the pen drive submitted by Satish Salian cannot be part of such inquiry.
Further, the Supreme Court in Sindhu Nagargoje (2023) and Amit Kumar (2025) has categorically held that Section 174 cannot be used as a substitute for FIR-based investigation.
👉 Law is unambiguous:
Murder allegations cannot be buried under Section 174 inquiries
Such reports carry no legal sanctity
FIR registration is mandatory — not negotiable.
🔥 Serious Charge: Was the Case Deliberately Buried?
Despite this settled law, grave allegations now surface that for years, Mumbai Police and government counsel continued to avoid FIR registration, using Section 174 as a shield to stall, dilute, and deflect the case.
👉 Was this a calculated attempt to shield the accused, including Aditya Thackeray?
The Chief Justice’s remarks have now ripped open this uncomfortable possibility:
👉 Was the truth suppressed under the guise of a never-ending “inquiry”?
🔴 The Burning Question — Why No FIR Yet?
When:
The Chief Justice has pulled up the police
Rahul Gandhi and Sharad Pawar have asserted FIR as a legal right
The Supreme Court has settled the law
👉 Then what explains the continued refusal to register an FIR in the Disha Salian case?
🧨 Political Fallout — Isolation of Thackeray Camp
The political signals are now loud and clear:
👉 Congress and Sharad Pawar have drawn a line — FIR must be registered
👉 Aditya Thackeray stands increasingly isolated
His legal strategy to block FIR has now turned into a political liability and legal vulnerability.
⚖️ Legal Position Crumbling
With binding Supreme Court law and High Court observations against him,
👉 the opposition to FIR is no longer legally sustainable — it is indefensible.
🧨 Now It’s Open War — Justice vs Power
This is no longer just a case. It is a confrontation:
Justice vs Power
Law vs Influence
Truth vs Silence
👉 If FIR is still not registered, one question will echo louder across the nation:
❗ Is the law equal for all — or are some above it?