The Delhi High Court Friday granted three more weeks to businessman Robert Vadra to respond to the notices issued to him by the Income Tax (I-T) Department under the black money law. The high court said the I-T Department can continue with the assessment proceedings, but no final order shall be passed by it. A bench of Justices Rajiv Shakdher and Talwant Singh issued notice to the I-T Department and asked it to file within four weeks its response to Vadra s petition challenging notices issued to him on December 4, 2018 and December 18, 2019 under Section 10 (1) of the Black Money Act, 2015. The court listed the matter for further hearing on August 10.
The Delhi Police Special Cell had served notice to two persons associated with the Congress in connection with the alleged Toolkit probe after the party filed a complaint against BJP leaders for sharing forged and fabricated documents . According to sources, the Delhi Police Special Cell had served notice to two persons associated with the Indian National Congress to join inquiry when the complaint was submitted by the party. Addressing the media on May 18, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra had alleged that the toolkit has instructions for social media volunteers of Congress to call the new COVID-19 mutant as Indian strain or Modi strain against the World Health Organization s (WHO) instructions.
Observing that while it did not approve dharna by the Chief Minister and the Law Minister against CBI arresting four West Bengal leaders in the Narada bribery case, the Supreme Court Tuesday said the accused and their personal liberty should not suffer either on account of such protests. Permitting the probe agency to withdraw its plea against the Calcutta High Court order allowing house arrest of the leaders, including three from TMC, in the case, the bench however made clear that it has not made any observation on the merits of the case. We will make it very clear that we do not appreciate the dharnas . But, if the Chief Minister (Mamata Banerjee) or the Law Minister take the law into their hands, should the accused suffer because of it. You can proceed against those persons who have taken law into their hands , a vacation bench of justices Vineet Saran and B R Gavai said.
The CBI is investigating the allegations of extortion made by Singh against Deshmukh. On Friday, the agency had recorded the statement of Mahesh Shetty, a bar owner who is close to suspended Mumbai police officer Sachin Waze, in the same matter. The Supreme Court, on Thursday, had dismissed the petitions filed by Deshmukh challenging the Bombay High Court order directing a preliminary enquiry by the CBI into the allegations of corruption and misconduct levelled against him by Singh. Deshmukh tendered his resignation to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on April 5 after the Bombay High Court order. The court also directed the agency to register an FIR if any cognisable offence is found.
The Bombay High Court on Monday directed the CBI to conduct a preliminary inquiry within 15 days into allegations of corruption and misconduct made by former Mumbai police chief Param Bir Singh against Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh. A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice Girish Kulkarni said this was an extraordinary and unprecedented case that warranted an independent inquiry. It directed the Central Bureau of Investigation s (CBI) director to complete the preliminary inquiry within 15 days and then take a decision on further course of action. The bench was presiding over three public interest litigations, including one filed by Singh himself, another by city-based lawyer Jayshree Patil, and the third by teacher Mohan Bhide, seeking various reliefs.