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New Delhi [India], May 17 (ANI): The Delhi Police on Tuesday informed the Delhi High Court that security of the Delhi Chief Minister's residence has been beefed up and no protest will now be allowed at Civil Lines Metro station.

New Delhi Apr 25 PTI The Supreme Court Monday was informed that a consortium of seven banks have released Rs 280 crore to Amrapali Stalled Projects and Investment Reconstruction Establishment ASPIRE for completion of the incomplete projects while cricketer M S Dhoni who was the brand ambassador of real estate group moved the top court seeking direction in the ongoing arbitral proceedings A bench of Justices UU Lalit and Bela M Trivedi took note of the submission of advocate Alok Kumar appearing for the consortium of banks that Rs 280 crore will be released to ASPIRE from where it will be used for funding of the incomplete projectsHe said that the court must ensure that funds that are being put by the consortium of banks in ASPIRE are utilised for the projects for which it is meant and not used for any other purposeThe bench assured Kumar that the funds will be used for completing the incomplete projects which are identified and a feasibility study has been doneAdvocate Udhav Nanda appearing for Dhoni said that they have filed an interlocutory application seeking a direction in arbitral proceedings which are going on with the real estate groupHe however did not clarify what kind of arbitral proceedings or what directions are needed from the courtThe bench said that it will take up for hearing the former Indian cricket team captains application on May 9The top court also asked Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain appearing for Enforcement Directorate to prepare a schedule for the production of Anil Kumar Sharma former group director of Amrapali in different courts and said that efforts could be made that he is produced virtually through video conferencingAdvocate Manoj Kumar Singh appearing for Sharma said that his client was produced before the special PMLA court in Lucknow and has been now lodged in a jail there while the court has directed that he should be lodged in Mandoli jail hereHe was to undergo laser treatment at AIIMS on Monday but the Lucknow court has sent him to judicial custody in jail there and is not allowing him to be brought to Delhi where he is undergoing treatment Singh saidThe bench asked Jain to finalise a schedule about Sharmas production before different courts in Delhi as well as in Lucknow where multiple cases are lodged against him and ensure that there are no issues related to simultaneous productionsOn April 18 In a relief to over thousands of home buyers of Amrapali Group of Companies who have booked their flats under the subvention scheme the Supreme Court had directed the banks that their accounts shall not be treated as Non-Performing Assets Accounts and no penalties shall be charged from them for default of EMI payment The top court said that the banks will only be liable for the principal amount and the interest over itA Subvention Scheme in the present case is a legal agreement made between the home buyer the developer Amrapali Group of Companies and the banks providing the home loanUnder the scheme the buyer did not have to pay any amount in the form of EMI during the No EMI period till the completion and possession given to the home buyerAround 10 000 home buyers have availed the subvention scheme but due to the acts of omission and commission on behalf of Amrapali Group of Companies they were saddled with the liability of paying the EMI towards the loan without even getting the passion of their flatIt had said that no banks shall impose a penalty for default committed by the flat buyers and added that the banks shall however be entitled to the principal as well as interest over itIt added that the liability of home buyers shall arise from the date when possession is handed over and they shall discharge their liability at that time else banks can take appropriate actionOn April 4 the top court was informed that a consortium of seven banks have granted final approval to infuse Rs 1500 crore out of which Rs 150 has been directly paid to National Buildings Construction Corporation NBCCOn March 28 the top court had directed the Bank of Baroda-led consortium to effectuate disbursal of Rs 1500 crore for the construction of stalled real estate projects of Amrapali Group It had noted that six banks -- Bank of Baroda State Bank of India Bank of India Punjab National Bank Punjab and Sindh Bank UCO Bank and Indian Bank -- have granted in-principle approval for the disbursal of fundsThe NBCC had earlier told the top court that at present 10 projects in Noida and 12 in Greater Noida are under execution involving 45957 units with a sanctioned project cost of Rs 802578 crore The apex court in its July 23 2019 verdict had cracked the whip on errant builders for breaching the trust reposed by home buyers and ordered the cancellation of the registration of Amrapali Group under real estate law RERA and ousted it from prime properties in the NCR by nixing land leases Former group directors of Amrapali -- Anil Kumar Sharma Shiv Priya and Ajay Kumar -- are in prison on the top courts order The court had directed a probe by the Enforcement Directorate into alleged money laundering by realtors providing relief to over 42000 home buyers of Amrapali Group with the verdict The top court which is trying to bring in funds for the stalled projects had then directed the state-run NBCC to complete the stalled projects of Amrapali Group PTI MNL MNL RKS RKS

New Delhi [India], March 31 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the former union minister Sharad Yadav to vacate the official bungalow allotted to him as a Member of Parliament in Lutyens Delhi till May 31, 2022.

New Delhi Mar 31 PTI The Supreme Court on Thursday granted former Union minister Sharad Yadav time till May 31 2022 to vacate the official bungalow allotted to him as a member of Parliament on humanitarian groundThe top court asked Yadav to furnish an undertaking within a week to the effect that he will vacate the bungalow by then In the event of failure to submit the undertaking within a week Yadav will have to vacate the premises immediately in compliance of an order of the Delhi high courtA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud Sanjiv Khanna and Surya Kant said Having heard the counsel we are of the view that end of justice would be met purely on humanitarian ground if time to vacate the premises is granted to the petitioner under May 31 2022 subject to his filing an undertaking that he shall vacate on or before the said date It said The undertaking shall be filed within a period of one week from today failing which the petitioner shall lose the benefit of this order and would be liable to vacate immediately as per the order of the High CourtAt the outset senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Yadav submitted that it may be possible to resolve the matter at this stage if reasonable time is granted to the petitioner to vacate the premisesSibal submitted that having due regard to the fact that the petitioner is in serious medical condition at present Yadav seeks to vacate the premises by May 31 2022 and would file an undertaking to this effectAdditional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain submitted that while his instructions are that a weeks time may be granted to vacate the premises but at the most the court can grant time till the end of AprilHe claimed for the past 15 days Yadav has been attending public functions The ASG said in case Yadavs petition against his disqualification from the Rajya Sabha because of which he was to asked to vacate the bungalow is dismissed then he may be directed to pay the market rate rent to the governmentSibal said there are several people of a particular political party who have overstayed in government quarters but no rent at market rate was collectedThey have been staying for years and they do not want those houses but they want this Yadavs house he saidThe bench did not go into the point raised by Sibal and disposed of Yadavs pleaOn March 28 the top court had asked the Centre to specify what reasonable time could be given to Yadav on humanitarian grounds to vacate the government bungalow as he is undergoing treatment for multiple ailmentsThe Centre had earlier informed the Supreme Court that there was a shortage of government accommodations and Union minister Pashupati Kumar Paras was waiting for Yadavs bungalow to be vacatedYadav was elected to the Rajya Sabha in 2017 He had moved the top court challenging an order of the Delhi High Court directing him to vacate within 15 days the government bungalow after he was disqualified from the Upper House the same year Yadav who was then a JDU MP was disqualified under the anti-defection law on an application by his party which objected to the socialist leader attending an opposition rally in PatnaThe petition by the 75-year-old leader said his case deserved sympathetic treatment on account of his ill health It said he has been hospitalised 13 times since July 2020 and was last discharged in FebruaryThe high court had on March 15 directed Yadav to hand over the bungalow at 7 Tughlak Road to the government within 15 days saying more than four years have elapsed since he was disqualified as an MPIn his plea before the apex court Yadav said he is residing there for 22 years and the high court passed the order even though his challenge to his improper and erroneous disqualification has not been decided yet by the courtYadav had approached the high court in 2017 challenging his disqualification on several grounds including that he was not given a chance to present his views by the House chairman before he passed the order PTI MNL MNL SK SK

New Delhi Mar 28 PTI The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to specify what reasonable time could be given to former Union minister Sharad Yadav on humanitarian grounds to vacate the government bungalow allotted to him as he is undergoing treatment for multiple ailments The top court also told Yadav that he will have to furnish an undertaking that he will vacate his bungalow on a specified date The Centre informed the top court that there was a shortage of government accommodations and Union minister Pashupati Nath Paswan is waiting for Yadavs bungalow to be vacated A bench of justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant said that it is not going into the politics of the matter but thinking to sort out the problem purely from the humanitarian point of view At the outset senior advocate Kapil Sibal appearing for Yadav said that his term is ending in July and he is willing to give an undertaking that he will vacate the bungalow by then This man has to undergo dialysis every other day He was on a ventilator during COVID time and is suffering from various ailments I am not saying I will not vacate the bungalow but give me some reasonable time Sibal said Yadav was elected to Rajya Sabha in 2017 He had moved the top court challenging an order of the Delhi High Court directing him to vacate within 15 days the government bungalow here as he was disqualified from the Upper House in 2017 on the application of his then party JDU The petition by 75-year-old Yadav said his case deserved sympathetic treatment on account of his ill health It said he has been hospitalised 13 times since July 2020 and was last discharged in February Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain said that there is a shortage of government accommodation in the city and many ministers need to be allotted bungalows after the expansion of the Cabinet Union Pashupati Nath Paswan is waiting for the allotment for a long time He Yadav was disqualified from Rajya Sabha His writ petition on disqualification is pending adjudication Jain said He said that now the cat is out of the bag as just after the high court order he has merged his party with the Rashtriya Janata Dal RJD just to retain the bungalow Sibal said that he never said that Yadav will not vacate the bungalow but some reasonable time be given on humanitarian grounds The bench asked Jain to seek instruction and posted the matter for further hearing on Thursday The high court had on March 15 directed Yadav to hand over the bungalow at 7 Tughlak Road here to the government within 15 days saying more than four years have elapsed since he was disqualified as an MP In his plea before the apex court Yadav has said he is residing there for 22 years and the high court had passed the order even though his challenge to his improper and erroneous disqualification has not been decided by the court In terms of the impugned order the high court appears to have revived a disposed of application and passed further orders therein vacating the earlier interim order of the high court dated December 15 2017 and directed the petitioner to hand over the possession of his official residence within a period of 15 days said the plea filed through advocate Javedur RahmanThis was done despite the fact that the challenge to the legality of his disqualification from Rajya Sabha is still pending before the high court it said The petition said Yadav was disqualified from the Rajya Sabha on December 4 2017 in terms of Paragraph 21a of the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution for purportedly having given up the membership of his partyHe was then an MP of Bihars ruling JDU which had sought his disqualification for attending an opposition rally in Patna The high court had disposed of an application by the Centre seeking to lift a stay on the vacation of the government bungalow occupied by him in the national capital as he was disqualified as an MP The December 15 2017 order stands vacated the high court had said and listed the main petition for hearing on April 21 It had said until and unless Yadavs disqualification is set aside he has no right to occupy the government accommodation and added that the provision of perks including residential accommodation are provided to the functionaries of the state to enable them to discharge their duties The high court had said the perks are conferred to any individual personally and they are not given for life Yadav had approached the high court in 2017 challenging his disqualification from Rajya Sabha on several grounds including that he was not given any chance to present his views by the House chairman before he passed the order On the other hand Ram Chandra Prasad Singh then the leader of the JDU in Rajya Sabha had sought disqualification of Yadav and his colleague Ali Anwar as they had attended a rally of opposition parties in violation of the party directives Yadav joined hands with the opposition after the then JDU president and Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar had dumped the alliance with the RJD and the Congress and tied up with the BJP in July 2017 Anwars term expired in 2018 Both were disqualified under the Anti-Defection Act PTI MNL MNL RT RT

New Delhi Jan 31 PTI The Supreme Court on Monday restrained the Centre and Navy from releasing from services some officers both male and female who were not granted a permanent commission and sought reply from the CentreA bench of Justices DY Chandrachud and Surya Kant asked Additional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain and senior advocate R Balasubramanian to have a re-look into the grievances of a batch of naval officers of which some of them have been released from servicesHaving regard to the fact that some of the officers are due for release on February 2 we direct that the officers who are already in service shall not be released pending further orders of this court the bench directedDuring the hearing the bench observed Some of them naval officers are short of pensionable services by a year or two Those who have been released from service can be considered for pensionThe bench issued notice to the Centre and Navy and sought its response in four weeks on the batch of pleas filed by the short service commission naval officers who were not considered for the Permanent Commission PCJain who accepted notice said that he would have a re-look in each case and file a detailed counter-affidavitSenior advocates CU Singh Huzefa Ahmadi Meenakshi Arora and other advocates appearing for the Naval officers contended that the vacancy position which has been computed by the naval authorities is not in accordance with the directions of this court in the final judgement in Commander Annie Nagaraja case 2020 verdictThe lawyers submitted that the vacancies which were spread over 15 years have been substantially reduced as a result of which officers who would otherwise be eligible for the grant of the permanent commission have not been granted the PCThey contended that the proceedings of the selection board were tendered before the Armed Force Tribunal AFT on the last date of hearing and the officers had no opportunity to controvert the contentsThe bench also directed that other matters which are pending before the AFT regarding the pre-2008 naval recruits shall be proceeded with by the tribunal and would not be affected by the present proceedingsOn March 17 2020 the top court in a major verdict had paved the way for granting permanent commission to women officers in the Indian Navy saying a level playing field ensures that women have the opportunity to overcome histories of discriminationThe battle for gender equality is about confronting the battles of the mind and history is replete with examples where women have been denied their just entitlements under law and the right to fair and equal treatment in the workplace the top court had saidA hundred and one excuses are no answer to the constitutional entitlement to dignity which attaches to every individual irrespective of gender to fair and equal conditions of work and to a level playing field the top court had said giving three months to the Centre to work out the modalitiesIt had said the Centres contention that certain sea-going duties are ill-suited to women officers is premised on sex stereotypes that male officers are more suited to certain duties by virtue of the physiological characteristics and to accept it would be to approve the socially ascribed gender roles which a commitment to equal worth and dignity of every individual beliesIt had quashed the prospective effect of the Centres controversial September 2008 policy which restricted the grant of permanent commission to certain categories onlyThe stipulation in the policy letter dated September 6 2008 making it prospective and restricting its application to specified cadresbranches of the Indian Navy shall not be enforced the top court had said while setting aside the implementation guidelines issued on December 3 2008PTI MNL MNL RKS RKS

Threatened with contempt action against the Indian Army and its Chief Manoj Mukund Naravane by the Supreme Court over non-compliance of its earlier orders, the defence force agreed on Friday to grant Permanent Commission (PC) to all of its eligible women officers. “We are holding Army guilty of contempt of court. We are putting you […]

New Delhi [India], November 12 (ANI): After the Supreme Court cautioned the Indian Army of contempt, the Centre on Friday assured that it will roll out Permanent Commission option to all eligible Women Short Service Commission Officers (WSSCO) in the Army.

New Delhi Sep 21 PTI The Delhi High Court Tuesday said it saw no difficulty in the constitution of a high powered committee HPC by the AAP government to probe the deaths caused by an alleged medical oxygen shortage during the second wave of COVID-19 pandemicThe court dealing with a plea to operationalise the HPC noted Delhi governments stand that the committee would not attribute any fault to any hospital and any compensation will be paid and absorbed by the government aloneIt further recorded that as per Delhi government the criteria for determining compensation will be open to scrutiny and its task would not overlap with that of a sub-group constituted by the Supreme Court on allocation and utilisation of oxygenIn light of the aforesaid we see no difficulty in the HPC constituted by GNCTD in discharging its assigned role said a bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi and Jasmeet Singh which opined that it was not necessary to await the order of the Supreme Court in relation to the grant of ex gratia compensation in terms of guidelines issued by National Disaster Management Authority NDMAThe intent of the GNCTD in issuing the May 27 order on constitution of HPC is not to grant ex gratia amount to COVID19 victim A perusal of the order would show that the purpose is to examine each complaint representation received by the committee in relation to the death of a COVID-19 patient due to lack of oxygen We do not think it is necessary for us to await the order of the Supreme Court with regards grant of ex gratia compensation to be paid to a victim as decided by NDMA the court statedThe court clarified that in case an amount larger than what is being paid presently as ex gratia compensation is fixed by the NDMA the same would also be payable to the victimThe court went on to record that after keeping its decision to constitute a HPC in abeyance the Delhi government has expressed its intention to reinstate it however due to the difference in opinion with regards the scope of its mandate between the council of ministers and the LG the stalemate is continuing During the course of the hearing the bench said that it would permit it HPC to go on only if the Delhi government clarifies that the compensation would be paid by them without fixing any liability on the hospitalsThe issue here is a legal issue Can you determine a fault based liability by a committee and fix liability on a third party which not only puts financial liability but tarnishes professional reputation the court questionedIf you say you will fix liability you are entering into the domain of judiciary and medical council You cant do it it addedSenior counsel Rahul Mehra and lawyer Gautam Narayan representing Delhi government clarified that the HPC was only a fact-finding committee which would not attribute any fault or negligence to a hospital and compensation was purely going from the governmentCompensation of up to Rs 5 lakh would be calculated by the HPC on the basis of an objective criteria decided by it which would be open to a challenge by any party the court was informedThe lawyers distinguished the compensation awarded by HPC from ex gratia compensation of Rs 50000 already being paid by the Delhi government and said that the scope of work of HPC would be different from that of the Supreme Court constituted committees on issues with respect to oxygen allocation and other related aspectsThe senior lawyer stated that the committee would after calling for record and document from the hospital concerned as well as seeking an explanation examine a complaintrepresentation received by it from the family of a deceased COVID-19 patient and pass a reasoned orderAdditional Solicitor General Sanjay Jain representing the Lieutenant governor urged the court to defer passing any order in relation to the constitution to HPC and await the guidelines with respect the grant of a uniform ex gratia compensation by the NDMA pursuant to the apex courts orderHe informed that the sub-committee constituted by the top court was already looking into the aspects with respect to the allocation and supply of oxygen and other related issuesThe court responded that the Supreme Court-appointed committee were seized of issued at the macro level while the HPC proposed to look at micro situationsSupreme Court order is on logistics and not specifics We take it that there should be over overlap the court statedIn the instant case the petitioner Riti Singh Verma not only prayed for a direction to the Delhi government to operationalise the HPC but to also refer her case to it for grant of compensationThe woman said that her husband was admitted to a private hospital here for treatment of COVID-19 on May 10 and he passed away on May 14 due to cardiac arrestIt was her case that her husband was not suffering from any co-morbidities and the discharge summary does not explain the cause of his death with sufficient particulars and detail and she apprehended that the death of her husband was caused due to negligence of the hospitalIn response to the petition the Delhi government said the HPC was constituted on May 27 however the order was kept in abeyance on May 31 Thereafter the Delhi Health Minister decided to revoke the order on June 4The file was sent to the Lieutenant Governor for information in regular course However after perusal of the file the LG has expressed a view contrary to that of the minister and stated that the Department should await the outcome of proceedings in the Supreme Court High Court and the guidelines framed by NDMA in this matter it saidThe Delhi government maintained that there was no lawful justification for the Lieutenant Governor to object to the constitution of the HPC PTI ADS SA