#SupremeCourt to resume hearing plea by jailed Delhi Chief Minister (CM) #ArvindKejriwal challenging his arrest in the money laundering case registered against him by the ED in connection with Delhi excise policy
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ASG SV Raju begins
SG Tushar Mehta: I am on maintainability of this.. This court cannot go into this..
Justice Datta: ok address on maintainability
Justice Khanna: they are saying section 19 requirement is not satisfied and thus the remand order could not have been passed at all.
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SG: please see section 19 of PMLA..this is a petition under article 227 read with section 482 and my attempt is going to be that everyone cannot take recourse to this plea and if this entertained and there will be many such pleas.
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Supreme Court to hear plea by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren challenging the decision of Jharkhand HC rejecting the petition challenging his arrest in money laundering case
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Justice Khanna: Mr Sibal tell me are you in possession of the land
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: i have never been.. it is nothing to do with the land., if they say forcible possession.. it is not even a scheduled offence..
SC: Everybody including person in actual occupation says you are in possession
Sibal : the original one had a lease executed in 2015.. oral statements everyone will say
"Someone has to apply their mind. This has to stop before it becomes 6,000 tonnes of excess untreated solid waste by 2027. Tell us which industries and constructions have to be stopped?"
Supreme Court while hearing plea where it had earlier flagged untreated solid waste in Delhi
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Sr Adv Menaka Guruswamy appearing the Municipal Corporation of Delhi said they would increase capacity within 3 years, while 4 plants are stuck in litigation
Justice Oka: This is the capital city. What the whole word will say?! Tell us what you will do for the situation now, answer this simple question, you are not. We will summon the highest corporation officer. Nobody is bothered. Union should hold a meeting to ensure this 3000 is not increased further and tackled.
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Justice Oka: Amicus has used the correct word, 'horrifying'. Everywhere (in NCR) it is. Nobody is bothered how to reduce.
ASG Aishwarya Bhati: Alwar and Ghaziabad are alright.
#SupremeCourt hears the case case concerning demolitions in Akbar Nagar. About 15,000 residents of Akbar Nagar are set to be affected by demolitions planned on the Kukrail riverbank
Justice Sanjiv Khanna: You are getting what encroachers get. You are getting alternate accommodation
Adv: But it is so far
Justice Khanna: This location which you encroached was also earlier far and then it became the centre of city
Adv: State was charging taxes etc as well
Justice Khanna: So, that is for the services provided.. but that does not mean they have given ownership of the land
Adv MR Shamshad: report says it is not a river but a nullah.. but after 40 years of my existence there.. it is declared as a floodplain
Justice Khanna: but it is pending for a long time
Justice Sanjiv Khanna: by March 22,2024, order we had LDA, State of UP to show satellite images of rivulet and catchment areas. the affidavit has been filed enclosing therewith relevant documents regarding the river. it is stated that the nallah originates from a natural spring before entering reserve forest and then flows 19 km and enters urban area of lucknow. reference is made to several district gazettes. the rate of discharge etc has also been mentioned.
CJI DY Chandrachud led bench to shortly hear appeal by West Bengal government challenging Calcutta HC's recent decision to cancel about 24,000 appointments of teaching and non-teaching staff made in 2016 by the West Bengal School Service Commission @MamataOfficial
Sr Adv Rakesh Dwivedi: I and Mr (Neeraj Kishan) Kaul are for West Bengal.
Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud: Mr Kaul why are you standing?
Kaul: I have been asked to my lords. My doctor ...
CJI: It is really advised you know. As judges we keep sitting but ..
Dwivedi: Younger members of the bar must also mix sitting and standing before being told by doctors later.