Supreme Court: Shock to Manish Sisodia-Rana Kapoor from the Supreme Court; Big relief to BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari
The Supreme Court adjourned till September the hearing on the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the liquor policy irregularities case.
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The Supreme Court adjourned till September the hearing on the bail plea of former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister and AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the liquor policy irregularities case. The court granted more time to the Enforcement Directorate to file its reply on Sisodia's bail plea.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has refused to consider the bail plea of Yes Bank founder Rana Kapoor in the money laundering case. Meanwhile, Rana Kapoor withdrew the bail plea from the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court observed that this case shook the entire financial system.
At the same time, in another case, the Supreme Court has stayed the order of the Port Blair Bench of the Calcutta High Court, in which it ordered the suspension of Andaman and Nicobar Chief Secretary Keshav Chandra and imposed a fine of five lakh rupees on the LG. The next hearing of the case has been fixed on Friday.
Plea challenging Arun Goyal's appointment dismissed
The Supreme Court dismissed a PIL by NGO 'Association for Democratic Reforms' challenging the appointment of Arun Goel as the Election Commissioner of India. The Supreme Court said that the Constitution Bench has already looked into the issue.
Relief to Suvendu Adhikari from the Supreme Court
The Supreme Court has set aside the High Court order for registration of an FIR against BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on the charge of commission of the offence. The Supreme Court has asked the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to hear the petition relating to the matter afresh. In fact, the court had ordered that henceforth the police can register an FIR against Leader of Opposition Suvendu Adhikari in any valid case. The court had said that if the police have the right information then an FIR can be registered. Police can take action as per law.
Hearing on Sisodia's interim bail pleas on September 4
The Supreme Court will hear on September 4 the interim bail pleas of Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia in those two cases related to Delhi Excise Policy. The cases are being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Enforcement Directorate (ED).
A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice SVN Bhatti perused the medical documents of Sisodia's wife and said that her condition was largely stable, hence the bench would consider the interim bail pleas of the former deputy chief minister along with the regular bail pleas.
Manish Sisodia has requested for interim bail on the ground of ill health of his wife. The Supreme Court had on July 14 asked the CBI and the ED to file replies to Sisodia's interim bail pleas in two cases related to the Delhi Excise Policy.
Stay on the decision to suspend Andaman Chief Secretary, impose fine on Lieutenant Governor
The Supreme Court on Friday stayed the Calcutta High Court order suspending Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chief Secretary Keshav Chandra and imposing fine on the Lieutenant Governor for not complying with an earlier order to extend benefits to workers.
A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra considered the applications of Attorney General R Venkataramani and stayed the order of the Port Blair bench of the High Court. The bench said that we stay these orders. We will hear the matter next Friday.
Earlier, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Chief Secretary Keshav Chandra was suspended on Thursday for not complying with an earlier order of the Port Blair bench of the Calcutta High Court regarding release of benefits to workers, while Lieutenant Governor DK Joshi was suspended for five years. A fine of Rs lakh was imposed, which he had to bear from his own funds. The order, passed on December 19 last year, talked about providing higher wages and DA (dearness allowance) to around 4,000 daily wage laborers (DRMs) employed by the Andaman administration.
The Supreme Court said on the objectionable video - does not matter
A lawyer told the Supreme Court that an objectionable video is going viral on social media, in which the Supreme Court has been insulted. On this the court said that it does not matter. A lawyer mentioned this before a bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Mishra.
The lawyer said that it is a very important matter. I have already informed the registrar about the same. On this the Chief Justice said not to worry. It does not matter. The lawyer also said that the video contains objectionable remarks about the Supreme Court after the hearing in the Manipur violence case. CJI Chandrachud said that there is no problem. Don't worry about this.
Hindi is national language, Supreme Court refuses to transfer case from UP to Bengal
The Supreme Court while hearing a case observed that Hindi is the national language and witnesses appearing before the tribunal in Uttar Pradesh are expected to depose in Hindi, even if they are from a different state. Justice Dipankar Datta then also rejected the accused's argument that since the accident took place at Siliguri in West Bengal's Darjeeling district, it would be expedient for the MACT at Darjeeling to decide the claim petition.
The petitioner, who was the owner of the vehicle involved in the accident, moved the court arguing that since all the witnesses in the case are from Siliguri (in West Bengal), there could be a possibility that language would act as a barrier if the proceedings were to take place. can work in
Rejecting this argument of the petitioner, the Court said that in a diverse country like India, there is no doubt that people speak different languages. There are at least 22 (twenty two) official languages. However, Hindi is the national language, so witnesses from West Bengal are expected to testify in Hindi in UP courts.