#SupremeCourt bench led by Justice L Nageswara Rao to deliver the interim judgement on the petitions of telecom companies like Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea seeking direction for correction of errors in Adjusted Gross Revenue (#AGR) calculation @airtelindia@VodafoneGroup
The plea by Vodafone Idea seeks a modification or a clarification on orders which had held that the Rs 58,400 crore claimed by the telecom department to be the final AGR due amount, pointing out arithmetical errors in the government’s calculations. @VodafoneGroup
TATA too seeking recalculation of its dues has stated that Rs. 4197 cr has already been deposited by Tata Teleservices as AGR dues with DoT #supremecourt@TataCompanies
Bharti Airtel's self-assessment pegs its total dues at ₹ 13,004 crore though it has already paid over ₹ 18,000 crore out of the total AGR dues of ₹ 44,000 crore sought by the DoT.
@airtelindia says payments which were made earlier was not taken into account
Invocation of Section 41A was resorted to as an arm-twisting method after Maheshwari did not respond to initial notice under Section 160 CrPC: Karnataka High Court
It is not in doubt that the Section 41A notice itself threatens punitive action and deprivation of liberty, which is a fundamental right: Karnataka High Court
Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni appearing for Maharashtra government submits that exclusivity cannot be given to a court for the scheduled offences under the NIA Act.
AG: Can we read the magistrate as ‘Court’ as mentioned under the UAPA Act?
The section 43D does not say that Court can be read in the place of magistrate as it does for the other terms.
The Manipur Police had booked Wangkhem under NSA over his Facebook post on cow dung/urine after the death of the BJP State president due to Covid-19.
The order was passed by a bench of C.J PV Sanjay Kumar and Justice KH Nobin Singh on a letter petition moved by wife of Wangkhem.
Earlier this week, the Supreme Court ordered the release of Manipuri activist Erendro Leichombam, who was also booked under the NSA for a Facebook post criticising BJP leaders for advocating cow-dung and cow-urine as cures for COVID.
Justice AM Khanwilkar led bench is hearing a plea filed by the mother of a five-year-old girl who was allegedly kidnapped, raped and murdered in Odisha, seeking a CBI inquiry into death #supremecourt#parimurdercase
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: Chargesheet has been filed in this case. A protest petition could have been filed. Now it is a fashion to prefer a Article 32 plea after chargesheet is filed
Justice Khanwilkar: You can file a protest petition.
Sr Adv Mahesh Jethmalani: you asked me to file a SLP, we will do that. Please hear me at least. We will come in a SLP
Karnataka High Court to continue pronouncing order on maintainability of plea filed by Twitter's Manish Maheshwari challenging notice issued to him by Uttar Pradesh Police in case related to Ghaziabad assault video
Senior Advocate CV Nagesh reiterates that Twitter Inc does not hold shares in Twitter India. Shareholders in Twitter India are Twitter International Company (9,999 shares) and Twitter Ireland (1 share).