The Delhi High Court expunged certain adverse observations made by a trial court against the Enforcement Directorate (ED). The Court found that the trial court’s comments regarding ED’s IO and the ED’s functioning were unjustified, adding that such remarks have a “deleterious effect” on a public servant’s career.
Notorious gangster Sundar Bhati, serving a life sentence for the murder of Samajwadi Party leader Harendra Nagar and his gunner Bhudev Sharma, has been granted bail by the Allahabad High Court and has gone underground since then. Following his release from Sonbhadra jail, Bhati quietly boarded a flight from Varanasi to Delhi. He is believed to have since gone into hiding in Haryana, with a Special Task Force (STF) team from western Uttar Pradesh closely monitoring his movements, media said Today (Oct 26).
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Solicitor General Tushar Mehta Yesterday (Oct 25) informed a bench of Justices B.R. Gavai and K.V. Vishwanathan that the Auliye-e-Deen Committee had withheld crucial information in its petition challenging the demolition of nine Muslim religious sites, graveyards, and hutments, some of which were protected ancient monuments in Gir Somnath, Gujarat. He noted that the removal of encroachments on the same land began five months ago and pointed out that the court was not told that similar actions, including the demolition of several temples, had been ongoing since 2020.
The Delhi High Court Today (Oct 25) remarked that it is “dangerous” how the Wikipedia functions as a platform, especially how anyone can edit the pages on the platform. Justice Subramonium Prasad made the remark after Wikipedia’s architecture was explained to the Court during the hearing of Asian News International (ANI)’s defamation suit against the online encyclopaedia.
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In a setback to the Aam Aadmi Party-led Punjab government, the Supreme Court last week refused to interfere with a Punjab and Haryana High Court order that transferred the investigation of a drug seizure case from the local police to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The top court observed that the police officer who caught the haul was being “victimised” by the state.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) Today (Oct 24) approached the Karnataka High Court challenging the special court’s order granting bail to former Karnataka minister B Nagendra, who was arrested on July 12 in connection with the Valmiki Corporation scam case. A special court in Bengaluru had recently granted bail to the former minister, who was arrested by the ED on July 12 in connection with the Valmiki Corporation scam case.
Four men were arrested on Wednesday (Oct 23) by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police for allegedly cheating an elderly victim of Rs 1.26 crore by threatening him with imprisonment over charges of money laundering. Police said that the accused impersonated not just officers of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) but also Chief Justice of India (CJI) DY Chandrachud.The man was then allegedly told since he is a senior citizen and didn’t have any close relatives, they would submit a request in the Supreme Court of India to not arrest him if he aided in the “investigation” over video call from his house.
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The Supreme Court of India Today (Oct 23) nullified the Rs 158 crore settlement between Byju’s (Think and Learn Pvt Ltd) and the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI). The decision overturned a previous ruling by the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), which had closed the insolvency proceedings against the ed-tech giant Byju’s, following a settlement with BCCI. The court criticized the NCLAT for prematurely concluding the Corporate Insolvency Resolution Process (CIRP) by invoking its inherent powers under Rule 11 of the NCLAT Rules 2016.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (Oct 22) questioned the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) why was it concerned with madrasas after the child rights body said students of such institutions weren’t able to pursue medical and engineering professions. CJI Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj made the remarks while reserving the verdict on petitions challenging the Allahabad High Court judgement. The high court had declared the 2004 Uttar Pradesh law on madrasas as unconstitutional on the ground it violated the principles of secularism.
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Dhananjaya Yeshwant Chandrachud, the 50th Chief Justice of India (CJI) , was appointed by President Droupadi Murmu in November 2022, succeeding Uday Umesh Lalit. Son of former Chief Justice Y.V. Chandrachud, he became a Supreme Court judge in May 2016. Prior to this, he served as Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court (2013–2016) and as a judge at the Bombay High Court (2000–2013).