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16/02/2023

Bharathi Cement Corporation Private Ltd — in which Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy’s family holds 49% stake, and his wife, Y.S Bharathi Reddy, is a Director — is facing an Enforcement Directorate case since 2016.

ED launched d investigation on the basis of a chargesheet filed by CBI accusing Jagan, son of then Andhra Pradesh CM YS Rajasekhar Reddy, of entering into a criminal conspiracy with others to get a mining lease allotted to Bharathi Cement Corp of which his wife was a part.

This company has been getting major government orders despite allegations of quid pro quo. - https://lnkd.in/dKiXHx8f

"Jagan received bribes from various people and companies in the guise of investments in his group companies as a quid pro quo for undue favours granted to them by the Andhra Pradesh government", the ED said in a statement in 2016.

ED said that Bharathi Cement Corp had received the 'proceeds of crime' in the form of limestone mined from the mines allotted illegally to them in Kadapa district by the then AP govt. The value of limestone works out to be more than Rs 152 crore.

ED freezed this 152-crore asset. On 26 July, 2019, PMLA Appellate Tribunal ordered the whole amount to be released to Bharathi Cement Corp and a bank guarantee to be instead deposited with ED.

This was challenged before the Telangana High Court. The High Court upheld the order and dismissed ED's petition on 27 April, 2022. ED has now appealed before the Supreme Court. This is where it gets murky.

The politically sensitive matter was listed before a 2-judge bench headed by Justice Krishna Murari and having Justice V Ramasubramanian, on 30 January this year.

An adjournment was sought and it was granted and specifically directed to be listed on 06 February.

As per this cause list dated 06 Feb, the Bench composition changed and except for any *part-heard matters*, the cases previously listed before Justice Murari and Justice Ramasubramanian, would now be heard by Murari and Justice Amanullah.

The case deleted is the ED appeal against Jagan Reddy. The reason stated is "deleted and listed in court no. 15".

Court no. 15 is of Justice Ramasubramanian. The shocking part is there was no proper reason given by the SC Registry for deleting and changing the bench itself.

The incident raises questions especially given that AP CM Jagan Reddy's Rajya Sabha MP- Sirgapoor Niranjan Reddy's son is a law clerk to Justice Ramasubramanian. Some lawyers question how and why this sudden change in judge and case going before Justice Ramasubramanian.

It is not the first time that cases have been suddenly deleted and listed before another bench. It is no secret that hands are greased and deals are struck, as is evident by this news report. - https://t.co/qR8a2YTQ2u

Research Credits: Das

13/12/2022

PS. My enrollment Fees was more than my total law school Fees…🥲

19/11/2022

The high court order directed the Commissioner of Police and Superintendent of Police, Nagpur (Rural) to control the menace by using its power under Section 44 of the Maharashtra Police Act.

This provision allows police to detain, sell or destroy any stray dog found wandering in the street or any public place. Following this decision, the corporation started capturing stray dogs on a large scale in the city.

The Petitioners allege that impugned directions not only adversely affect the rights of street dogs, care-givers but are also contrary to both statutory provisions as well as the orders of the Supreme Court.

10/11/2022

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10/11/2022

Judge’s Library at the Supreme Court📚

PS. It smells Intellect…✨

09/11/2022

Justice D Y Chandrachud, his wife & foster daughters Priyanka & Mahi at their residence on Tuesday. He takes oath as the 50th CJI of India today.

©Tashi Tobgyal/

07/06/2022

The Supreme Court order did not state it in writing, but what Justice DY Chandrachud said in the court—that the Places of Worship (Special Provisions) Act, 1991 does not debar ascertainment of the religious character of a place of worship—has sent a message right across India that what is said to be a fountain in the Gyanvapi mosque is actually a shivling.

Second, the findings of the commission appointed to survey the Gyanvapi complex were leaked. Look at the irony—the judicial proceedings, whether in lower courts or the Supreme Court, have ejected the judiciary from the manufactured dispute over the Gyanvapi mosque. By this, I mean that the dispute has been transferred to the people’s court. The matter no longer remains with the judiciary.

The former judge says judicial proceedings in the Gyanvapi mosque case have ‘transferred’ the dispute to the court of public opinion, away from law courts.

25/04/2022

Free Speech is the Bedrock of Democracy...🚀💫❤️

22/04/2022

Tears, pain and a sense of helplessness were seen on the faces of people who had shops in C-Block of Jahangirpuri.

Soon after the demolitions started, the Supreme Court ordered in an urgent hearing that the demolitions be halted and status quo maintained. Despite the stay order, demolition continued for over an hour in the presence of the NDMC Mayor and Delhi police.

Legally, none of the applicable state laws – the Delhi Municipal Corporation Act, 1957 or Delhi Development Act, 1957 – allow the government agency to demolish buildings and structures without giving an advance notice to the affected parties.

Without a reasonable opportunity to be heard, the rights of the affected people under Article 14 of the Constitution, which ensures equality before the law, are violated.

The Supreme Court had ruled in 1985, and upheld in subsequent cases, that not serving notice to affected parties violates “the principles of natural justice”, and any departure from the due process of law results in an unjust decision.

In February 2010, the Delhi high court laid down that before any eviction by the state, it must conduct a survey to identify people eligible for rehabilitation, and carry out a meaningful rehabilitation of each person. This was later upheld by the Supreme Court in 2017, and reiterated by the Delhi high court in 2019, in Ajay Maken and Ors. v. Union of India and Ors.

16/04/2022

There is a New Filter to your Music Player App...

15/04/2022

“I invested in Twitter as I believe in its potential to be the platform for free speech around the globe, and I believe free speech is a societal imperative for a functioning democracy,” Musk wrote in a letter sent to Twitter Chairman Bret Taylor.