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'Dangerous Precedent': SCAORA Deplores ED Summons To Sr Adv Pratap Venugopal; Urges CJI To Take Suo Motu Cognizance
The Supreme Court Advocates-on-Record Association has written to the Chief Justice of India seeking suo motu cognizance of Enforcement Directorate's issuance of summons to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal over legal advice tendered to a client.To recap, on June 18, ED issued summons to Venugopal over legal advice given by him to M/s Care Health Insurance on the ESOP (employee stock...
Justice Yashwant Varma's Conduct After Fire Incident Unnatural, Says Inquiry Panel Rejecting Conspiracy Theories
The 3-judge in-house inquiry committee, which indicted Justice Yashwant Varma for keeping unaccounted cash in the storeroom annexed to his official bungalow, termed his conduct after the fire incident on March 14 - which led to the discovery of the currency notes - unnatural, leading to certain adverse inferences against him.The full report of the in-house committee, which came into the...
'ED Search Without Jurisdiction' : Madras High Court Stays Proceedings Against Film Producer, Asks ED To Return Seized Materials
The Madras High Court has stayed all proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate against film producer Akash Bhaskaran and businessman Vikram Ravindran. The court also directed ED to return all materials seized from the petitioners. The bench of Justice MS Ramesh and Justice V Lakshminarayan held that the authorisation based on which the ED had conducted searches at the...
After Arvind Datar, ED Issues Summons To Another Senior Advocate Over Legal Advice To Client
After Arvind Datar, the Directorate of Enforcement recently issued summons to another Senior Advocate over legal advice given to M/s Care Health Insurance on the ESOP (employee stock ownership) issued to former Religare Enterprises chairperson Rashmi Saluja. The summons was issued to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal on June 18, requiring him to furnish inter-alia all records pertaining...
Matrimonial Dispute Is Misconduct Under TN Service Rules, Govt Dept Can Initiate Action Against Employee: Madras High Court
The Madras High Court recently observed that a matrimonial dispute was treated as a misconduct under the Tamil Nadu Government Servants' Conduct Rules, 1973, and the Government departments were empowered to initiate action such misconduct. The bench of Justice SM Subramaniam and Justice AD Maria Clete noted that a public servant was expected to maintain honesty, integrity and good...
"Slum Dwellers Cannot Be Pushed To The Outskirts Of Mumbai": High Court Upholds Scheme For Rehab Of Slums Built On 'Reserved' Open Spaces
In a city where inequality is visible in how space and services are distributed, providing formal housing to slum dwellers within the city and not on its outskirts, is a step towards real equality, the Bombay High Court held on Thursday while refusing to strike down Regulation 17(3)(D)(2) of the Development Control and Promotion Regulations, (DCPR) 2034, which provides for rehabilitation of...
Supreme Court Refuses To Entertain Plea Seeking E-Passes For Lord Murugan Conference At Madurai; Allows To Approach HC
The Supreme Court today (June 19) declined to entertain a petition challenging the condition imposed by the Commissioner of Police, Madurai City, requiring vehicle passes to be obtained 24 hours in advance from the Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) for the upcoming Lord Murugan Conference (Muruga Bakthargal Aanmeega Maanadu) scheduled on June 22, 2025, in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.The...
Supreme Court Sets Aside Madras HC Order For Arrest Of TN ADGP In Abduction Case; Transfers Investigation To CB-CID
The Supreme Court today(June 19) set aside the Madras High Court's order, which directed the arrest of Tamil Nadu Additional Director General of Police HM Jayaram in relation to an abduction case.The Court also transferred the investigation of the case to the CB-CID of the State Police. Senior Advocate Siddharth Dave, for the State, did not object to the investigation by CB-CID. He also...
Stringent Penal Laws Like UP Gangsters Act Can't Be Used As Tool Of Harassment : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court cautioned against the routine invocation of stringent extraordinary legislation like the UP Gangsters Act (“Act”), stating that such laws must be invoked judiciously based on relevant considerations without acting as a tool for harassment. “The constitutional guarantee of personal liberty acquires even greater significance when extraordinary legislation with...
Constitution Not Just A Governance Document, A Revolutionary Statement; Tool For Social Change: CJI BR Gavai
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai said that the Constitution is not just a political document for governance, but was a "revolutionary statement", giving a ray of hope to a country coming out of long years of colonial rule, suffering from poverty, inequality, and social divisions.Speaking at the Milan Court of Appeal, Italy, on the topic "Role of Constitution in Delivering Socio-Economic Justice...
'Prima Facie Appears State Is Trying To Reintroduce Same Classes Of OBC Reservations Which Were Struck Down': Calcutta High Court
The Calcutta High Court while putting a stay on the notification by which the state government had ordered the preparation of a new list for Other Backward Caste (OBC) classes in the state, has held that it prima facie appeared that the state was trying to reintroduce the same OBC classes and percentage of reservations which had been struck down by a division bench of the court, and upheld by...