[New Delhi,]SC Refuses to Stay Demonetisation Notification
Supreme Court today refused to stay the government’s notification demonetising Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 currency notes but asked it to spell out the steps taken to minimise public inconvenience.
Bench Of Chief Justice T S Thakur and D Y Chandrachud said.”We will not be granting any stay,”
The remarks were made after some advocates insisted on a stay.
Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, appearing for one of the petitioners, however, said he was not asking for a stay on the notification but seeking answers from the government about the steps taken to remove public inconvenience.
The bench asked Attorney General Mukul Rohatgi to file an affidavit about the measures already undertaken by the government and the RBI to minimise public inconvenience and also the steps likely to be undertaken in future.
Without issuing any notice to the Centre or the RBI, the bench posted the matter for further hearing on November 25
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SC Demands Centre’s Clarification On Prestigious+Precious Kohinoor
[New Delhi]SC Asks Centre’s Clarification On Prestigious+Precious Kohinoor.Court Says Everyone Is Demanding Kohinoor But Govt Shows Ignorance
The Supreme Court asked the government to clarify its stand on a PIL seeking return of Kohinoor diamond in the country.
A bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur, which did not issue notice on the PIL, asked the Solicitor General to seek instructions in the matter within a week.
“Everybody is claiming the Kohinoor. How many countries are claiming Kohinoor? Pakistan, Bangladesh, India and even South Africa. Somebody here is also asking for the Kohinoor.
Do you know about it,” the bench asked the Solicitor General.
Solicitor General Ranjit Kumar said he was unaware about it and would need time to seek instructions and get back.
During the hearing, the bench, also comprising Justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit, said there has been a press report attributing statements to the British Prime Minister quoting him as saying, “if we were to accept such demands, British Museums would be empty”.
“Why don’t you approach the government? Hasn’t the government taken up the matter? Government has done something.
They have done whatever it could,” the bench told the petitioner.
The apex court was hearing a PIL filed by All India Human Rights & Social Justice Front seeking directions to the High Commissioner of United Kingdom for return of the diamond besides several other treasures.
The PIL has made Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Culture, High Commissioners of UK, Pakistan and Bangladesh as parties in the case.
It has also sought return of the “ring and talwar of Tipu Sultan and other treasures of Tipu Sultan, Bahadur Shah Zafar, Rani of Jhansi, Nawab Mir Ahmad Ali Banda and other rulers of India.
Top Judicial Pillar Refuses To Support Undemocratic Plea Of a Parliamentarian
[New Delhi] Top Judicial Pillar Refuses To Support Undemocratic Plea Of Cong.Parliamentarian: SC asks MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhry to vacate Govt bungalow. Chowdhry Is MP From West Bengal
The Supreme Court today dismissed a plea of Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, challenging a Delhi High Court order refusing to stay his eviction from bungalow at New Moti Bagh
In an unusual order, the apex court rejected the plea of Chowdhury when his counsel mentioned the matter for urgent hearing and said that it is not going to list it and rather dismissed it at the threshold.
Bench headed by Chief Justice T S Thakur said, , “You are an MP and you want to stay in a bungalow to which you are not entitled. What kind of petition is this. You just vacate.”
The bench, also comprising justices A K Sikri and R Banumathi, took a strong note of the submission that Chowdhury was earlier never asked to vacate the premises and has been paying the market rent to the government.
“Do you mean to say that you will vacate only when they ask you to do so,” the bench said.
The high court had on February 3 rejected Chowdhury’s plea, saying he will have to vacate the property forthwith.
It had also turned down the MP’s oral prayer for alternative arrangement for the interim period, saying the new residence alloted to him at Humayun Road in Lutyen’s Delhi will take another 10-15 days to get ready for use.
The high court had refused to stay Chowdhury’s eviction, while upholding the single-judge bench order of February 1.
Chowdhury, a Lok Sabha member, had moved the court against the February 1 order dismissing his plea against the eviction, following which the authorities concerned had disconnected water and power supply to his bungalow at 14, New Moti Bagh , even as they started eviction proceedings against him.
Thereafter, Chowdhury rushed to court, which had earlier directed that status quo be maintained with regard to the eviction till February 3.
According to the Directorate of Estates, the MP has been allotted another house on Humayun Road and given sufficient time to vacate the ministerial bungalow which, it said, he was not entitled to. But Chowdhury did not vacate despite several reminders in the past, it had alleged.
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