Balganga Dam Scam: Rs 90 Crore Irrigation Case Gets New Judge

• The high-profile Balganga Dam irrigation scam case, involving a Rs 90 crore loss to the state exchequer, has been transferred to a new judge.
• The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) investigated the case, filing a nearly 30,000-page charge sheet in 2016.
• Contractor Nisar Khatri and several Konkan Irrigation Development Corporation (KIDC) officials are among the accused.
• Special judge GT Pawar framed charges in 2025, but Khatri's transfer plea was initially dismissed by Principal District Judge SB Agrawal with a fine.
• Despite the dismissal, the case has now been administratively shifted from Judge Pawar to Judge Durgaprasad Deshpande.

Why It Matters: The high-profile Balganga Dam irrigation scam case has been transferred to a new judge via administrative order.