Dehradun/Haldwani, Sept. 17 -- The Uttarakhand high court has directed its registry to place a criminal revision petition concerning allegations that cabinet minister Ganesh Joshi acquired assets disproportionate to his sources of income before the chief justice for nomination of another bench to hear the case. The plea was heard on September 8 by a single bench of justice Alok Mahra, who reserved his judgement after hearing arguments and issued an order on September 15, which said, "Due to certain unavoidable circumstances, it would not be appropriate for the matter to be decided by the Bench before which the arguments were heard". The registry was accordingly directed to place the matter before the Chief Justice. The petitioner, advocate and RTI activist Vikesh Singh Negi challenged an earlier dismissal by a lower court in 2025. Joshi told reporters on September 11 that the petition pending against him was dismissed. However, the order said, "Registry is directed to place the matter before Hon'ble the Chief Justice for appropriate orders regarding nomination of another Bench to hear and decide the matter."...