Former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh has approached the Bombay High Court, seeking to quash the summons issued to him by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in connection with a money laundering case registered against him.

Deshmukh`s application came up for hearing before a single bench of Justice Revati Mohite Dere. However, Justice Dere recused herself from hearing the application without assigning any reason and said, "Not before me". The application will be heard by another bench in due course of time.