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CJI UU Lalit Recuses To Hear BS Yediyurappaโ€™s Plea In Land Case

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Chief Justice of India Lalit directed to list the matter after Diwali before an appropriate bench of the Supreme Court in which he is not a member

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India UU Lalit on Friday recused from hearing former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappaโ€™s plea challenging Karnataka High Court order restoring the criminal complaint against him in alleged forgery of documents over the withdrawal of approval for a parcel of land in the state.

Chief Justice of India Lalit directed to list the matter after Diwali before an appropriate bench of the Supreme Court in which he is not a member. The Supreme court was hearing Yediyurappaโ€™s plea challenging the Karnataka High Court order dated January 5 2021 whereby the HC has restored a criminal complaint against B S Yediyurappa, former minister for industries Murugesh R Nirani and one more accused.

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On January 27 2021, the court granted interim protection from arrest to B S Yediyurappa in the matter.
The allegations against the respondents Yediyurappa and others were that they entered into a criminal conspiracy and forged documents purported to have been issued by the petitioner seeking to withdraw the approval granted by the High-Level Clearance Committee for allotment of 26 acres of land to the complainant at Devanahalli Industrial Area, Bengaluru Rural District.

The complaint was filed by one A Alam Pasha seeking action against Yediyurappa for the alleged offences punishable under sections 418, 465, 468, 471 read with 120B of IPC and sections 13(1)(c), 13(1)(d)(ii) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

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Not Congress, Syama Prasad Mukherjee-Including Constituent Assembly Implemented Article 370 in J-K: Manish Tewari

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Congress leader Manish Tewari has said that Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was not imposed by Congress but by the Constituent Assembly of India of which Syama Prasad Mukherjee was also a member.

New Delhi:  Congress leader Manish Tewari has said that Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir was not imposed by Congress but by the Constituent Assembly of India of which Syama Prasad Mukherjee was also a member.

โ€œJammu and Kashmir has always been and will always be an integral part of Indiaโ€ฆ Article 370 was not implemented by Congress in J-K. Indiaโ€™s constituent assembly, which included Syama Prasad Mukherjee, implemented Article 370 there,โ€ he said on Thursday.

While speaking on the issue of Article 370 which was scrapped on August 5, 2019, by the Centre, Tewari said that the matter is subjudice in front of the Supreme Court and the matter will be taken up on October 31 for a hearing.

Syama Prasad Mukherjee served as the minister in Jawaharlal Nehruโ€™s cabinet.

โ€œWhatever happened in Rajya Sabha & then Lok Sabha on 5-6 August 2019 (of passing the bill) is still under the Supreme Courtโ€™s cognizance. The case will be taken up on October 31. Saying that the whole case has been done with before the SC verdict is irresponsible,โ€ he added.

With the Congress presidential polls just around the corner, Tewari said that the party needs a โ€œsafe pair of handsโ€ and a โ€œcomposed personalityโ€ in the form of Mallikarjun Kharge who can provide โ€œstabilityโ€ to the party as the president.

Tewari, who is a part of the G-23 group (seeking reforms within Congress), extended support to Khargeโ€™s candidature for the top post in the party as against his group member Shashi Tharoor who is also in the race. The elections for the Congress president will take place on October 17 and the results will be declared on October 19.

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Speaking to ANI, Tewari said, โ€œIf all the facts are considered and an impartial assessment is done, then Mallikarjun Kharge who has dedicated over 50 years of his life to the service of Congress, in that case, I believe that in this situation, the Congress party needs a safe pair of hands in the form of Kharge. He is a composed personality. Kharge has spent several years and has grown from the lowest posts in the party. Congress needs stability which I feel Kharge can provide.โ€

Notably, Tewari was one of the proposers for Kharge on September 30 when the latter filed his nomination for the party president election in the national capital. Anand Sharma, another G23 leader, was also a proposer.

Other party leaders who backed Khargeโ€™s nomination include AK Antony, Ashok Gehlot, Ambika Soni, Mukul Wasnik, Abhishek Singhvi, Ajay Maken, Bhupinder Singh Hooda, Digvijaya Singh, Tariq Anwar, Salman Khurshid, Akhilesh Prasad Singh, Deepender Singh Hooda, V Narayanasamy, V Vaithilingam, Pramod Tiwari, PL Punia, Avinash Pandey, Rajeev Shukla, Syed Naseer Hussain, Raghuvir Singh Meena, Dhiraj Prasad Sahu, Tarsem Chand Bagri, Prithviraj Chavan, Kamleshwar Patel, Moolchand Meena, Dilip Gajjar, Sanjay Kapoor and Vinit Punia.

Tewari further said that Congress interim president Sonia Gandhi will always have a role to play in the party.
โ€œSonia Gandhi has always discharged her duties with impartiality. Her role in the party will always be there. I want to ask the BJP when was the last time when a democratic election was held in the party,โ€ he said.

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