SC refuses DC plea against AP HC order
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday refused to entertain the plea of Deccan Chronicle Holdings ltd (DCHl) against an order of the Andhra Pradesh High Court asking the firm to vacate one of its premises in the state towards a loan of `110 crore due to Kotak Mahindra Bank ltd. A bench headed by Justice B S Chauhan considered the objection raised by the bank that the plea of DCHl was not maintainable as the High Court order was passed with the consent of both the parties.
Apex court rejects probe against Kurien
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed a plea seeking probe into the alleged role of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman PJ Kurien in the Suryanelli gang-rape case of 1996 in which a 16-year-old girl was sexually assaulted for over 40 days. The apex court questioned the locus standi of journalist TP Nandakumar, who had filed the petition in this regard. “You don’t have any locus. Everybody wants to help us unnecessarily. Who are youIJ If the victim prefers to come here, we will hear her,” a bench of justices B S Chauhan and
SA Bobde said.
Campa Cola residents seek SC protection
New Delhi: Unauthorised flat owners of Mumbai’s Campa Cola Society on Tuesday made another attempt in the Supreme Court to get protection from vacating the premises by claiming that documents have surfaced to show there was a proposal for its regularisation. However, the bench expressed its inability to entertain the plea for recall of its orders and asked the society to explore the possibility of filing a petition for review of its judgement and directions.”You file a review petition and seek hearing in open court,” the bench said while posting the matter for January 6.