New Delhi, Feb 3 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata.A Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Vipul M. Pancholi will resume hearing the matter on Tuesday, according t…
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New Delhi, Feb 2 (IANS) The Supreme Court will hear on Tuesday the plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) alleging interference by the West Bengal government and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee during the recent search operations at the office of political consultancy firm Indian Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and the residence of its co-founder Pratik Jain in Kolkata.As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Vipul …
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) In a significant relief to residents, tenants, and other stakeholders of the Ambience Island project in Gurugram, the Supreme Court on Tuesday set aside a judgment of the Punjab and Haryana High Court, which had quashed approvals relating to the project and ordered a CBI probe. Allowing the appeals filed by the Ambience Group and related parties, a bench of Justices J.B. Pardiwala and Sandeep Mehta held that the Punjab and Haryana High Court had erred in interfering with…
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, referring to the recent obstruction faced by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) during its search operations in West Bengal, on Thursday told the Supreme Court that it was “a case where mobocracy replaces democracy”. Appearing for the ED, SG Mehta, the second-highest law officer, submitted before a Bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Vipul M. Pancholi that the federal anti-money laundering agency was prevented from discharging i…
Hyderabad, Jan 12 (IANS) The Telangana government on Monday withdrew its writ petition against Polavaram-Banakacherla/Nallamalasagar Link Project (PBLP/PNLP) proposed by Andhra Pradesh after the Supreme Court termed it “prima facie not maintainable”.The apex court observed that the dispute was more appropriately adjudicated through a suit involving all affected states.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi granted liberty to Telangana to avail of any…
Kolkata, Jan 9 (IANS) The Indian National Congress (INC) leaders seem to be divided over their reactions to the Enforcement Directorate (ED)’s simultaneous raid and search operations at the office of the India Political Action Committee (I-PAC) and at the residence of I-PAC co-founder Pratik Jain at Loudon Street in Kolkata.The differences of opinion in the matter are especially evident in the divergent reactions to the matter by a national-level leader of the state and a state-level leader in W…
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IANS) The All India Congress Committee (AICC) has decided to activate its Law, Human Rights and RTI Department, which will be expanded at the district level across the country, the party said in a statement on Wednesday.According to the statement, each administrative district will have a team of at least five prominent lawyers who will coordinate departmental activities and handle litigation on behalf of the party.Announcing the decision, AICC Law, Human Rights and RTI Departme…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday chaired a meeting of the Congress Working Committee (CWC) at the All India Congress Committee (AICC) headquarters at Indira Bhawan in New Delhi.The high-level meeting, which is currently underway, is being attended by Lok Sabha Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi, Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi, and several senior leaders of the party.Congress General Secretary K.C. Venugopal, Telangana Chief…