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After recently revealing a case of bench hunting in an ED case pending against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, another attempt at bench hunting & manipulation in a politically sensitive case is coming to light.
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After recently revealing a case of bench hunting in an ED case pending against Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy, another attempt at bench hunting & manipulation in a politically sensitive case is coming to light.
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This matter relates to Tamil Nadu DMK government’s current Minister of Electricity- V Senthil Balaji, who is facing a Prevention of Money Laundering Case filed by ED.
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Madras High Court on 1 Sept 2022 passed an order in which it stayed the ED’s investigation for the time being.
Few of the original complainants filed an appeal before the Sup Court saying a fresh investigation would delay the matter.
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Few of the original complainants filed an appeal before the Sup Court saying a fresh investigation would delay the matter.
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The cases are currently being heard by a two-judge bench headed by Justice Krishna Murari and Justice Amanullah.
Now, enter Justice Ramasubramanian.
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Now, enter Justice Ramasubramanian.
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As per Supreme Court Rules, in case somebody files a fresh petition relating to the same or a similar matter already pending in the court, the fresh petition should be tagged and heard together with d previously pending matters.
Else, two benches would be hearing the same case.
Else, two benches would be hearing the same case.
Coming back to Balaji’s case- though Justice Murari’s bench is seized of the matter, the ED on 09 Jan 2023 filed a fresh petition in the same matter asking that it be allowed to investigate Balaji.
Ideally, d case should’ve been put up before Murari bcuz it’s d same matter.
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Ideally, d case should’ve been put up before Murari bcuz it’s d same matter.
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However, just like in Jagan Reddy’s case, the Supreme Court Registry somehow, for reasons unexplained, listed the fresh ED case before Justice Ramasubramanian, raising questions of impropriety and selectivity.
The case could not have been listed before him at all.
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The case could not have been listed before him at all.
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On Friday, Sr Advocate Kapil Sibal pointed out at Justice Murari’s court that the Registry had listed this new petition before Justice Ramasubramanian’s court, raising questions of impropriety. How can two courts hear the same petition, especially in a sensitive political matter?
Agreeing to the seriousness, Jus Murari asked Sibal to mention the matter before Chief Justice of India on Monday.
Now the Chief will have to decide whether Justice Murari will continue to hear all cases, including the fresh ED case, or matters get transferred to Justice R.
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Now the Chief will have to decide whether Justice Murari will continue to hear all cases, including the fresh ED case, or matters get transferred to Justice R.
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I had pointed out in my tweet thread on AP CM Reddy’s case, how his politically sensitive case was suddenly deleted from Justice Murari’s court and listed before Justice R.
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Now this case involving DMK party, an opponent to BJP’s Tamil Nadu ally AIADMK is also somehow listed before Justice Ramasubramanian.
Questions that arise are- How can Registry list a similar matter before another judge? And why would it do this? And to whose benefit?
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Questions that arise are- How can Registry list a similar matter before another judge? And why would it do this? And to whose benefit?
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Cases wherein the Registry deleted and/or selectively listed matters before selected judges are many. This is worth doing a research on.
Over the next few weeks, I’ll be looking at a few more cases where cases are deleted and listed without any explanation. /12
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Over the next few weeks, I’ll be looking at a few more cases where cases are deleted and listed without any explanation. /12
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