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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren got a big relief from the Supreme Court on Monday. The ongoing lease allotment case in the Jharkhand High Court has been considered not maintainable by the Supreme Court. In this case, the Jharkhand High Court had considered the petition related to allotment of lease and investment in the shell company by his close friends, which was challenged by the government and the CM.
A bench of Chief Justice UU Lalit, Justice Ravindra Bhatt and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia, while delivering the verdict, said that the case registered in the Jharkhand High Court is not maintainable. On August 17, the Supreme Court had reserved the verdict after completing the hearing on the appeal petition of Hemant Soren and the state government.
What’s the matter?
A PIL was filed in the Jharkhand High Court on behalf of Shiv Shankar Sharma against Chief Minister Hemant Soren alleging wrongful allocation of mining leases and investments in shell companies by his close associates. During the hearing in the High Court in this matter, Jharkhand Government and Hemant Soren said that the petition is not maintainable.
However, the court considered it maintainable. In this case, the government appealed to the Supreme Court. After hearing in the matter, the Supreme Court had reserved the decision on August 17 after the hearing on the appeal petition of Hemant Soren and the state government by a bench headed by Chief Justice U U Lalit.
Soren had said that during that time I was not holding any office of profit.
What’s happened so far?
In this matter, on February 10, a complaint was also made to Governor Ramesh Bais by former CM Raghuvar Das. There was a demand to cancel the assembly membership of Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The Governor had sought the opinion of the Election Commission on this. The commission gave its opinion in a closed envelope. The Governor has not taken any decision on this yet. How to relieve Hemant? Hemant Sarkar is surrounded all-round in the Office of Profit case. The Governor has sent a letter to the Election Commission for the second time seeking advice. In such a situation, considering the matter not worthy of hearing on behalf of the Supreme Court is a big relief for the government.
what will happen to the closed envelope
The Governor has again sought advice by sending that envelope to the Election Commission. Until the Election Commission advises the Governor on this, the secret of the envelope will remain sealed in the envelope. Hemant Soren’s lawyer Vaibhav Tomar has written the letter. In this letter, a demand has been made to provide a copy of the second opinion letter sought from the Election Commission.
In this letter, the statement of Governor Ramesh Bais has also been mentioned. In the letter, the Election Commission has been requested to give information in this regard.
Hemant Sarkar is taking legal advice on ED summons
The ED had once called the Chief Minister for questioning. Chief Minister Hemant Soren did not appear and has sought time. So far no information has been shared by the ED about what will happen next, when will the inquiry be held. Hemant Sarkar is taking legal advice in this matter.
JMM will go from village to village and tell this conspiracy Is
JMM activists are protesting in different districts of the state. Hemant Soren had appealed to the workers to inform everyone about the conspiracy of the opponents and go from village to village and inform about it. JMM is protesting in villages in several districts. JMM spokesperson Dr Tanuj Khatri has said that this is the victory of truth. The way the BJP is using the central agency is unfair and the agitation against it will continue. The truth has come out in front of everyone.
Hemant Soren had said on these allegations
In this case, Chief Minister Hemant Soren had said that he had applied for that mining lease many years ago. During that time he was not holding any office of profit. He has also surrendered the mining lease after the matter was taken up by the BJP. Also no mining has taken place on it. As such, the case of abuse of office of profit does not arise and they cannot be disqualified.
Open challenge to ED for the first time: Jharkhand CM Soren first said – if you have courage, then arrest, then asked for 3 weeks time
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren was called by the ED at 11.30 am on Thursday for questioning in the illegal mining and money laundering case, but he did not turn up. On the contrary, he gave a direct challenge to the investigating agency and said – if you have committed a crime, then what to do? If you have the courage, arrest and show it. He alleged that there is a conspiracy to topple the Jharkhand government from Delhi. After the warning of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) has responded to the summons of the ED. If sources are to be believed, it was said from the Chief Minister’s Office – Hemant Soren has not reached the ED office today due to his busy schedule. Hemant Soren has sought 3 weeks time from ED to appear. Click to read full news.
Mahagathbandhan MLAs got freedom from fencing in Jharkhand: Everyone got permission to leave the circuit house and go to their area
The Soren government on Monday freed all the MLAs of the Grand Alliance from the barricades after securing a trust vote in the Jharkhand Assembly. All the MLAs left the Circuit House on Monday evening. Everyone has also been given permission from the organization to go to their respective areas. All of them were under barricade since August 30. Earlier, 48 votes were cast in favor of the government in the 81-member assembly. During this, the BJP walked out. The proceedings of the assembly were adjourned indefinitely after voting on the trust vote. After this, Soren tweeted and wrote that we live with pride. The opposition kept burning with our work. Click to read full news.