( * B- ' "%C ! %C ! C VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# -.) -*$/012 ,./0/,01 +,-$!! .,-2!3 '" -&-1 8 -01 811 -8 1 2&-1 8) 2) 2& 91&- 102 6;)8, 908'& 9069&)1,& &02( &D -6' 91:26 7> &);02 &2'6 ;0&) 2:&0 1;8)8D 10& 6) 0D 1&9& G2*&D,& & ; ),== -- $ E F& 1 &!! " "3(4 ! 5(678! #19 ) R * ! " #$ ! + , " " % ! )1, 102 existed the Babri Masjid, and - ;*2 )" #% 2 being accepted by the court. Q R apologised to the Supreme 9 " : The Bench said there are three hile asserting that there Court for wasting its time. ! ( points — whether the court & ! Wwill not be any extra day The 5-judge Constitution ! " 5 commissioner decided on '( ) for arguments by the Hindu Bench was told by senior advo- ! something which was not * " ! and Muslim parties in the Ram cate Rajeev Dhavan that they 9 " 0 asked, whether the , Janmbhoomi-Babri Masjid do not wish to question the ! ! 7 commissioner failed to decide - % ' land dispute case after October authorship of the summary of ! what was asked or whether ! )1, 102 / 18, Chief Justice of India the ASI report, which had " 8 A there were any contradictions Ranjan Gogoi on Thursday found artefacts, idols, in the report. ( said, “It will be miraculous if we pillars and other remains sug- “In our views these points he Enforcement Directorate *% deliver the judgment in four gesting the existence of massive ( can certainly be argued. T(ED) on Thursday told the weeks in the matter.” structure beneath the ! We see no problem to that but Delhi High Court that it want- ! "# The CJI is set to retire on Babri Masjid. 67 the report which has been ed custodial interrogation of # November 17 and if the Bench The submission by the 5 taken as evidence by the court Robert Vadra because the $ % 0 headed by him has to pro- Muslim parties assumes impor- ! cannot be discredited at this “money chain” in a case of ' ( 1 & nounce the judgment in the tance as the apex court had on stage,” it said. money laundering was alleged- The lawyer also said his * case, it would possibly require Wednesday asked them as to >>< &2 ! Dhavan arguing the legal ly directly linked to him. client answered the questions 2 at least one month time to pen how their objections to ASI position said they had tried to Vadra, Congress chief put to him by the ED. “Not " down the order. That’s why the report could be entertained at every page of the report needs attacked the ASI report saying raise the objection to the ASI Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law, was confessing” to allegations court has set the October 18 this stage when they failed to to be signed. The authorship of it does not provide a verifiable report before the High Court not cooperating with the inves- against him does not mean he L M deadline to complete the argu- take the legal remedy the report and the summary conclusion and is mostly based but the judges said it would be tigation in the case, the was not cooperating, he said. ! ! ) ments in the case, said the available to them under need not be questioned. If, we on inferences. decided at the final stage, which agency added before Justice After hearing the brief "% Bench, also comprising the law before the Allahabad had wasted my Lords time, She had said the report, unfortunately was not done. Chandra Shekhar. arguments, the court listed the Justices SA Bobde, DY High Court. then we apologise for that. which has 10 chapters attrib- He said under Order 26 of Vadra is facing allegations matter for final arguments on ! &" Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan Going for the damage con- There is no point going into uted to an author, had a sum- Rule 10 of sub-rule 2 of Civil of money laundering in the November 5. '( "! and S Abdul Nazeer. trol, senior advocate Dhavan, that discussion as it is futile. It mary that was not attributed to Procedure Code, the report of purchase of a London-based The court was hearing the $ % & " During the hearing, the who is the lead lawyer for the goes into questioning the anybody. the Commissioner and the evi- property — at 12, Bryanston ED’s plea challenging the antic- -! , Muslim parties made a U-turn Muslim parties, apologised for authenticity of the ASI report. The Bench, however, stat- dence taken by him form part Square — estimated at 1.9 mil- ipatory bail granted to Vadra by LM on questioning the authorship the submissions to that effect The report in question has an ed that Dhavan in his opening of the record and if a 5-judge lion pounds (over 17 crore). a trial court. ! 5 of the summary of 2003 made by senior advocate author and we are not ques- remark has said that he has not Constitution Bench decides The case is being probed under On Tuesday, Vadra ( Archeological Survey of India Meenakshi Arora for consid- tioning the authorship,” forfeited his right to question that the report cannot be the provisions of the opposed the plea saying there 6 ! (ASI) report, which had held erable duration on Wednesday. Dhavan said. the report but the evidence questioned, then it will have Prevention of Money was no single instance of his L 7 M that a massive structure pre- “It is not expected that Arora had on Wednesday cannot be discredited after wide ramification. Laundering Act (PMLA). non-cooperation in the inves- 6 ! % “We need his custodial tigation and there was no risk interrogation as the money of him tampering with any evi- &" chain is directly linked to dence as the agency had already " " " R "" R him,” the agency’s lawyer told seized from him every docu- $ $)* the judge. ment pertaining to the case. ) Denying the ED’s claims, The ED was conducting a - 5 Vadra’s lawyer said his client “fishing and roving enquiry” % $ "%& '( had cooperated in the investi- and has no material to support ! ' gation by appearing before the the allegations made against " *&6 agency whenever summoned. him, he claimed. % head of the crucial day at !" # $ Athe United Nations General Assembly on Friday ! )1, 102 appearing for some of these where Prime Ministers of India disqualified MLAs, supported and Pakistan are scheduled to he Election Commission Dwivedi’s submissions and said address the world leaders, secu- Ton Thursday gave a major the bypolls should be deferred rity forces remained on tenter- relief to the 17 disqualified as of now since the EC has six hooks across different parts of Karnataka MLAs by telling the months time to conduct by- Kashmir Valley while local the Supreme Court that it elections. authorities spent the day dis- would defer the upcoming On Monday, news Agency cussing possible repercussions bypolls to 15 Assembly con- PTI reported the Election "# #"! 8&-& on ground zero. stituencies in Karnataka till Commission telling the National Security Adviser the SC decides on their chal- Supreme Court that former hough the CBI failed to Ajit Doval, who arrived in # $ & lenge to the disqualification. Karnataka Speaker’s order dis- Ttrack down IPS officer Srinagar on Wednesday, ' " " The statement by EC’s qualifying 17 MLAs from the Rajeev Kumar even after two chaired a high-level meeting of council came after a 3-judge Assembly cannot deprive them weeks of frantic search, the security officials here on Bench headed by Justice NV of their right to contest the agency on Thursday picked up Thursday and directed them to Ramana said that it would upcoming bypolls for 15 con- a ‘consolation catch’ by arrest- intensify anti-militancy opera- decide on the batch of petitions stituencies in the State. ing another IPS officer SMH tions and work towards filed by 17 disqualified MLAs The EC sought from the Mirza in a different case. It is improving the life of common of Karnataka challenging the apex court, which agreed to the first arrest by the CBI in the people in Jammu & Kashmir. order of former Speaker KR examine the pleas of the MLAs Narada scam He took stock of the Ramesh Kumar disqualifying seeking stay on disqualification While Kumar is allegedly ground situation and passed them from the House. and for contesting the by-elec- wanted for deliberately mis- necessary instructions on how After the Bench, also com- tions, that the bypolls should handling the multi-crore to handle the emerging situa- prising justices Sanjiv Khanna not be stayed. Saradha chit fund case to save tion in Kashmir Valley and Krishna Murari, said that “I have no say on the issue the politically high and mighty, Official sources in Srinagar it would hear the matter com- of disqualification. The gist of Mirza was arrested for his claimed, “During the meeting, pletely and decide it, senior the matter is that the Speaker direct involvement in the the NSA reviewed the devel- advocate Rakesh Dwivedi, has disqualified them and Narada pay-off case. ! " " opmental schemes for people appearing for the poll panel, vacancy is there. The election Meanwhile, senior BJP and asked officials for their said, “Then I will ask the should not be stayed... The leader Mukul Roy was sum- cash from a sting journalist who mislead the investigators, the speedy implementation, which " " Election Commission to defer Speaker’s order cannot deprive moned by CBI for further posed as a prospective investor. CBI told the court. “Every includes providing best health- it (bypolls for 15 Assembly them of the right to con- investigation into the Not only Mirza accepted cash time he was asked about the care, shipment of apple boxes seats in Karnataka) for some test the elections,” the EC Narada scam.