HC seeks Centre s reply on plea for damages to property forfeited during emergency
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Last Updated: Jan 11, 2021, 02:02 PM IST
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Justice Manoj Kumar Ohri issued summons to DoE, Ministry of Labour and Employment and Competent Authority Under Smugglers And Foreign Exchange Manipulators (Forfeiture of property) Act (SAFEMA) in the suit and asked them to file written statements.
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court Monday sought response of the Centre and the Directorate of Estates (DoE) on a lawsuit seeking damages related to a property in Lutyens Delhi, whose forfeiture in proceedings initiated during the national emergency was set aside, due to its alleged illegal use for 21 years.
Delhi High Court Seeks Centre s Reply On Plea For Damages To Property Forfeited During Emergency Delhi High Court Seeks Centre s Reply On Plea For Damages To Property Forfeited During Emergency The suit has been filed by children of 94-year-old woman Veera Sarin, who recently approached the Supreme Court to declare as unconstitutional the national emergency imposed by the Congress government in 1975.
The matter will come up before the bench for hearing on April 26.
New Delhi:
The Delhi High Court Monday sought response of the centre and the Directorate of Estates (DoE) on a lawsuit seeking damages related to a property in Lutyens Delhi, whose forfeiture in proceedings initiated during the national emergency was set aside, due to its alleged illegal use for 21 years.
According to officials, Tanti is one of the accused in the biggest gold smuggling racket in Gujarat.
The Gujarat Police brought Bhargav Tanti, an accused in Rs 1400-crore gold smuggling case, to Ahmedabad on Wednesday, two weeks after he was held in Amreli after Ahmedabad Customs alerted the police.
Tanti had turned Covid-19 positive, a day after he was held in Amreli on December 3 and for two weeks he was kept in quarantine at the Amreli Civil Hospital.
According to officials, Tanti is one of the accused in the biggest gold smuggling racket in Gujarat that was discovered by Ahmedabad Customs officials in July 2019 in which almost 4 tonnes of gold were smuggled into Gujarat thr- ough Sardar Va- l labhbhai Patel International air port in Ahme-dabad in the past six years. The smuggling racket was unearthed by customs officials when an airline employee Jignesh Savaliya was arrested in July 2019 helping a carrier named Lokesh smuggle 24.5 kg of 24 carat gold bars and biscu
After 45 years, SC to look at validity of Emergency
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NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday decided to examine the question whether the 1975 declaration of Emergency can be declared wholly unconstitutional after the lapse of 45 years.
Initially the court was not inclined to entertain the petition filed by 94-year old widow Veera Sarin, who claims she and her husband â a prominent jeweller were forced to leave the country and their properties were seized.
According to her, they had a flourishing gold arts business in Delhi at the time and were compelled to leave the country for fear of being thrown into jail for no justifiable reason, on the whims and wishes of government authority in a state where civil rights and liberties stood curbed.
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