1/n (Thread) What exactly did @SudarshanNewsTV submit before SC to prove that there exists a "UPSC Jehad"?
So, @zakatindia is the organization that trains Muslim candiates for UPSC exams
Sudarshan TV claims ZFI recieved donation from Madina Trust UK
2/n @SudarshanNewsTV
claims Dr.Zahid Ali Parvez, Trustee, Madina Trust is also a trustee with the Islamic Foundation. The Times, UK had reported that two Islamic Foundation trustees were on the UN sanctions list of people associated with Taliban and Al-Qaeda.
3/n ZFI has also recieved donations from Muslim Aid (UK). Affidavit says
as per Mr.Sam Westrop, Director of Middle East Forum’s Islamist Watch, Muslim Aid, UK has repeatedly been found involved with a number of terror networks. @zakatindia
4/n @SureshChavhanke further claims that Syed Zafar Mahmood of @zakatindia is closely associated with both Mohammed Jafer Hussain Qureshi and Zakir Naik. It also says that Zakat Foundation India has recieved donations from @ZakatUS
5/n Affidavit says @ZakatUS executive director is Khalil Demir. Khalil Demir has signed the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 990 forms for Benevolence International Foundation (BIF) which US Treasury(U.S. Government) found guilty in the year 2002 for funding Al-Qaeda
UPSC Coaching Centre for Muslims received donations from terrorism linked trusts and organizations: Sudarshan TV tells Supreme Court
MK Stalin case: Supreme Court hears plea by AIADMK leader SA Duraiswamy challenging TN CM Stalin’s 2011 assembly election win from Kolathur constituency.
The plea alleges that Stalin and his party representatives indulged in corrupt practices, particularly by providing money and gifts to secure votes.
Bench: Justices JK Maheshwari and Vijay Bishnoi.
Sr. Adv. DS Naidu, appearing for Duraiswamy refers to a prosecution witness statement:
Naidu: the witness is the editor of a magazine called “kumudam snehidi”.
Court: what’s the meaning of that?
Another counsel: kumudum means lotus. Snehidi means friend.
Naidu: a friend of lotus. May be figurative meaning.
Sr. Adv. Kapil Sibal (for Stalin): most inappropriate definition.
Court bursts into laughter.
Naidu: kumudam was once India’s largest selling family magazine. It’s basically a women’s magazine. Like women’s era. It’s the women’s wing of kumudam publications. Perhaps, the lotus is being compared with women and Snehidi is the friend of the woman, or the fairer sex.
Justice Maheshwari: (in jest): we can’t say anything…
Plea concerning seizure of electronic devices during criminal investigations
Sr Adv A Sundaram: some sort of information is being looked at. No predicate offence against me and my phone is being looked to find a link with predicate offence. There needs to be some guidelines to stop such fishing and roving inquiry. Where is my privacy I ask ? If my phone contain something.. then how it affects them.. there is nothing.
CJI: tell us why your mobile has been taken away ? There are people siphoning off thousands of crores and phones cannot be looked into? If they rely on something which is not related to this then we can intervene. We can look at it from case to case also. But not like this. Let them see first.
Sundaram: Then my plea becomes infructuous!
CJI: why did they come to you.
Sundaram: please see the summons, nothing against me.
Justice Bagchi: This is a fallacious argument by you Mr Sundaram. ECIR is in respect of an offence and not an individual. There is no notice needed for seizing a device.
CJI: you are behaving as if you have nothing to do. ED just raided your place early morning as if you called them for tea.
Supreme Court to resume hearing its suo motu case on stray dogs at 2pm today.
Bench: Justices Vikram Nath, Sandeep Mehta, and NV Anjaria
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#straydogs #SupremeCourt
On the last hearing, the Court had lamented that many lawyers argued on behalf of dog lovers in the case but nobody was arguing or putting forth the views on behalf of human beings.
Supreme Court hears a batch of pleas seeking steps to be taken against hate speech incidents.
Bench: Justices Vikram Nath and Sandeep Mehta
#hatespeech #SupremeCourt
State agencies were enabled to take suo motu action on hate speeches without waiting for complaints.
Adv. Nizam Pasha: there are 5 points why this matter was entertained. The problem was not the inadequacy of laws. The problem was the reluctance of state agencies in taking action particularly when the perpetrators were associated with the ruling establishment.
Supreme Court to hear plea by Enforcement Directorate accusing West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and State officials of interfering with the central agency's investigation and search operations at the Kolkata offices of political consultancy firm I-PAC and its co-founder, Pratik Jain #SupremeCourt
#IPAC @MamataOfficial @dir_ed
Enforcement Directorate has also filed an application seeking suspension of West Bengal Police top brass, including DGP Rajiv Kumar, alleging they aided Mamata Banerjee in obstructing ED raids and removal of evidence; plea seeks directions to Ministry of Home Affairs and Department of Personnel and Training, and recalls Kumar’s past dharna with the CM as Kolkata Police Commissioner @MamataOfficial #IPAC @dir_ed
Justices Prashant Mishra and Vipul Pancholi assemble
@MamataOfficial #IPAC @dir_ed