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Delhi High Court Reserves Verdict On Arvind Kejriwal's Plea Challenging ED Arrest In Liquor Policy Case
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday reserved verdict on the plea moved by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case related to the alleged liquor policy scam case.Kejriwal is currently in judicial custody. He was arrested on the night of March 21. On March 22, the trial court remanded him to six days of ED custody,...
Limitation Act | Time Spent Contesting Bonafide Litigation At Wrong Forum Would Be Excluded While Computing Limitation : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court held that the time consumed in contesting bonafide litigation by the litigant at a wrong forum (believing it to be appropriate) would be excluded while computing the period of limitation under Section 14(2) of the Limitation Act. Reversing the findings of the High Court, the Bench Comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and Aravind Kumar observed that Section 14(2) of the...
ED Requests Supreme Court To Remove Bansuri Swaraj's Name From List Of Appearances For ED In Sanjay Singh's Bail Order
The Directorate of Enforcement told the Supreme Court today that Advocate Bansuri Swaraj's appearance (on behalf the agency) has inadvertently crept into the order passed yesterday granting bail to Aam Aadmi Party MP Sanjay Singh in the Delhi Liquor Policy case.The matter was mentioned by ED counsel Zoheb Hossain before a Bench led by Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who was sitting in a Special Bench...
Supreme Court Sets Aside Conviction In S.138 NI Act Case Based On Civil Court's Declaration That Cheque Was Only For Security
Observing that a judgment of the civil court will be binding on the criminal court to the extent of sentences or damages, the Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 2) set aside a conviction in a criminal case for cheque dishonour under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act based on a finding in a civil suit between the same parties that the cheque was offered as a security.While civil...
NCP Rift : Supreme Court Asks Ajit Pawar Group If Their Election Posters Have Added Disclaimer Regarding 'Clock' Symbol
In the dispute relating to the rift in the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Sharad Pawar group has approached the Supreme Court alleging that the Ajit Pawar group (which is now officially recognized as the NCP by the Election Commission of India) has not complied with the Court direction to publish disclaimers in all their advertisements that the use of 'clock' symbol by them is a...
Supreme Court To Hear Pleas Seeking 100% EVM-VVPAT Tally After 2 Weeks
On a mentioning by Senior Advocate Kapil Sibal, the Supreme Court today said that the matter pertaining to Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) data cross-checking against voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT) records will be taken up after 2 weeks.The matter was mentioned before Justice Sanjiv Khanna, who is heading a Special Bench today alongwith Justice MM Sundresh and Justice Bela M...
After Karnataka, Tamil Nadu Moves Supreme Court Seeking To Direct Union To Release Disaster Relief Funds
The Tamil Nadu government has filed an original suit before the Supreme Court against the Union Government, claiming that the Union was withholding the relief funds for natural calamities. The state's plea, filed under Article 131 of the Constitution, requests the Court to instruct the Union government to provide over Rs. 37,000 crore in aid for damages caused by recent floods and...
Arvind Kejriwal's Challenge To ED Arrest : Live Updates From Delhi High Court Hearing
The Delhi High Court will hear today Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the ED in the alleged liquor policy scam case.The matter will be heard by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.Kejriwal is currently in judicial custody. He was arrested on the night of March 21. On March 22, the trial court remanded him to six days of ED custody, which was extended by further four...
Impermissible For High Court To Interfere With Acquittal Unless Trial Court's View Is Perverse Or Impossible : Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 2) reiterated that in the event of the possibility of two views, if the trial court acquits the accused, then it would not be permissible for the High Court to interfere with the trial court's order of acquittal unless the view taken by the trial court was perverse. “In any case, even if two views are possible and the trial Judge found the other view to...
Does 'Intoxicating Liquor' Include 'Industrial Alcohol'? Supreme Court 9-Judge Bench Analyses Overlapping Powers Of Union & States [Day 1]
The Supreme Court on Tuesday (April 2) commenced the hearing of the 9-judge Constitution Bench on the issue of overlapping powers between the Centre and the State in production, manufacturing, supply and regulation of 'Industrial Alcohol'. The bench led by CJI DY Chandrachud comprises Justices Hrishikesh Roy, Abhay S. Oka, B.V. Nagarathna, J.B. Pardiwala, Manoj Misra, Ujjal Bhuyan,...
DMK Party Moves Madras High Court Questioning New Design Of Electronic Voting Machines, Says Manipulations Possible
The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party has approached the Madras High Court questioning the design of the third generation M3 Electronic Voting Machines ahead of the upcoming Assembly Elections 2024. The plea, moved through the Organisation Secretary RS Bharathi, says that the present model, in which the Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) is placed between the Balloting Unit and...
Maintain Old Panel Of Advocates For At Least Six Weeks After Govt Change To Avoid Adjournments: Supreme Court To States/UTs
Recently, the Supreme Court (on April 01) expressed its dilemma regarding how, for the last few months, the panel of Advocates in the States/Union Territories has witnessed change after the shift in political power. The Court observed that this change in the panel often results in adjournments. The Court added, “It is true that the States/Union Territories have the power to change...