The court had pulled up Deshmukh and passed strong strictures against him for assisting the family of Sanand, the Congress legislator from Buldhana district, and supporting his family members who were engaged in money lending business.

The court increased the fine on the state government from 25,000 rupees imposed by the Nagpur Bench of the Bombay High Court to one million rupees, asking it to deposit the amount in the court in six weeks time.

The state government realizing that Monday was the last day for paying up the fine paid it a few hours prior to the closure of the court timings.

After the court had passed the strictures against Deshmukh, the demand that Deshmukh should pay the fine instead of the government was echoed by the opposition parties and the public, and the issue was discussed at various platforms. But Deshmukh failed to budge to the demand. Finally the state government was compelled to pay the fine. The opposition parties have once again demanded that due to the criminal acts of Deshmukh the state was burdened by paying the fine, therefore the fine should be recovered from Deshmukh.

Meanwhile, Supreme Court Justice A.K. Ganguly hearing the case in which Deshmukh is involved came down heavily on the federal Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government and said that it was shocking how the government allows ministers like Deshmukh in the Cabinet, when the court had found Deshmukh guilty of preventing cops from acting against legislator Sanand's kin.

Justice Ganguly said that it was surprising how Deshmukh was elevated from the Ministry of Heavy Industries portfolio to Rural Development in a Cabinet reshuffle last month. "It's shocking that a politician (Deshmukh) who was found guilty by the Supreme Court was still in his "full glory" and this was "shameless," the judge said.