Panaji
North Goa Principal District & Sessions Judge Irshad Agha will pronounce the order on an application filed by Adv Aires Rodrigues seeking to assist the prosecution in the trial of minister Mauvin Godinho in the power scam case on July 31.
Godinho along with four other accused including former Chief Electrical Engineer T Nagarajan are facing trial for offences under Sections 13 (1) (d) (i)and (iii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 read with Section 120-B of the Indian Penal Code in the 2001 multi-crore power scam case.
Adv Rodrigues argued that “he was constrained to intervene as the accused Godinho is a very powerful, well connected politician and a minister and may try to deviously in collusion with the government attempt to derail the due process of law.”
