Continuing his arguments before a division bench of Justice B N Srikrishna and Justice S S Parkar of the Bombay High Court, Bobde said when the matter was in its initial stages, Joshi called for a photocopy of the file pertaining to the allotment of the plot to Vyas. He alleged that even the Finance Secretary was aware that the Chief Minister was interested in the matter. This, however, has not been revealed to the court, he added.

However, in his affidavit Joshi has claimed that since the matter pertained to his son-in-law, he had directed Minister of State for Revenue Ravindra Mane to get the plot allotted, alleged Bobde.But, Mane in his affidavit has claimed that he was unaware that Vyas was Joshi's son-in-law, added Bobde. However, jottings in the files with the Urban Development Department (UDD)clearly indicate that Mane was aware that Joshi is Vyas' father-in-law, added Bobde. This is evident from the fact that Mane directed the Additional Chief Secretary to sanction the allotment since the matter concerned the Chief Minister's relative, charged Bobde.The affidavit filed by Vidyadhar Deshpande, Deputy Secretary Urban Development Ministry, suggests that the plot be shifted either to Lohagaon or Mundwa, said Bobde.

Justice Srikrishna then observed that while the UD Department could put forth an opinion, it was the responsibility of the Minister to apply his mind. This, according to the Justice, was a responsibility a minister could not ignore.Arguing on the shifting of reservation of the plot from Prabhat Road to Lohagaon, Bobde said that as per the rules, a plot reservation can be moved upto 200 meters. But in this case, argued Bobde, the shifting has been done to a distance of 15 kilometers and only after the Shiv Sena-BJP government came to power.