By ShriKrishna Prasad, Advocate
New Delhi,30 Nov 13.In connection with the Special Leave Petition(Criminal) No.1603 of 2013 ,the Supreme Court of India will hear on December 16 next, the Respondent No.02,Mantoo Sharma, in his Counter-affidavit on page Nos.134,135,136,137 & 138, has respectifully prayed that Your Lordships may graciously be pleased to…
(1) Dismiss the Special Leave Petition of the petitioner with exemplary cost on the petitioner as it is the sheer wastage and misuse of the precious judicial time of the Hon’ble Supreme Court.
(2) Allow the petitioner to face the rigours of the law which is amply evident in the orders of the Chief Judicial Magistate,Munger,Bihar and the Hon’ble High Court of Patna.
(3)Allow the police investigation in the Munger Kotwali P.S Case No.445/2011 to proceed to bust a big racket of the government advertisement scam.
(4) adequately compensate the Respondent No.02 who has undergone a geat deal of mental ,physical and economic harassment by the petitioner , a powerful corporate personality .
(5)Order the petitioner to deposit the illegal money which she has fraudulently withdrawn from the government exchequer through the government advertisements obtained illegally from 2001 to 2011 by misrepresentation to the government of Bihar and the Union government with interest and penalty.
(6)Call for the records from the Bihar and the Union governments to know the roles of the government officials concerned as this large scale forgery, fraud and cheatings must have taken place with the connivance of the corrupt government officials of the concerned departments.
(7)Direct the CAG, the government of India,New Delhi to assess the actual amount of the payment made to the petitioner on account of the government advertisement publication, and necessary actions may kindly be taken against all the offenders involved in this scam.
(8)Order the Press Registrar,New Delhi and District Magistrates of Munger,Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur to immediately cancel the Declarations of Dainik Hindustan published and circulated in these districts of Bihar.
(9)Order a separate probe by the economic offence unit of C.B.I into the State Level Government Advertisement Scandal,particularly related to Patna,Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur.
(10) Direct the Bihar Government to seize the properties including the printing presses of the petitioner in Bhagalpur and Muzaffarpur for the petitioner’s economic offences under the Act in Bihar.
Rs.200 crore Dainik Hindustan Advertisement Scam : Supreme Court to hear Shobhana Bhartia’s S.L.P (Cri) No.1603 of 2013 on Dec 16 next
The official website of the Supreme Court of India has notified that the Supreme Court will hear the Special Leave Petition(Criminal) No. 1603 of 2013 of Shobhana Bhartia,the Chairperson of M/S Hindustan Media Ventures Limited,Kasturba Gandhi Marg,New Delhi on December 16,2013 next.
Supreme Court adjourns hearing on Nov 11,2013 last:
The Supreme Court of India adjourned the hearing on the final disposal matters relating to the Special Leave Petition (criminal) No. 1603 of 2013 of Shobhana Bhartia, the Chairperson of M/S The Hindustan Media Ventures Limited,New Delhi on November 11, 2013. The Bench of Hon’ble Mr. Justice H.L.Dattu and Hon’ble Mr. Justice V.Gopala Gowda adjourned the final argument as M/S Karanjawala & Co.,counsels for the petitioner,Shobhana Bhartia sought time in writing in the court. The respondent No.02, Mr.Mantoo Sharma(Munger,Bihar) was present in the court in person.His counsel Mr.ShriKrishna Prasad(Munger,Bihar) was also present and ready to argue in the court.
The Registrar orders to list the matter before the court :
The Hon’ble Justice Mr.Sunil Thomas, the Registrar-II, the Supreme Court of India, on Sept,19,2013, in the Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 1603/2013(Shobhana Bhartia Versus State of Bihar and Another), passed an order to list the matter before the Hon’ble Court as per rules. The Court of the Hon’ble Registrar-II, the Supreme Court of India, on Sept, 19,2013, ordered , “In view of the urgency expressed by the parties and service being complete, list the matter before the Hon’ble Court as per rules after the expiry of three weeks.” The Hon’ble Court also mentioned in the order,” The Respondent No.-02,Mantoo sharma, Party-in-Person, has filed the Counter-Affidavit.The Respondent No.01, Mr.Samir Ali Khan, Advocate, seeks three weeks’ time for filing the Counter-Affidavit.” It is worth mentioning that the Respondent No.01,Mr.Samir Ali Khan, Advocate is the Hon’ble counsel for the State of Bihar.
Mantoo Sharma files his counter-affidavit in Supreme Court
:Mr.Mantoo Sharma, Respondent No.-02 in the Special Leave Petition (Criminal) No. 1603 of 2013, filed by the Shobhana Bhartia, the chairperson of M/S Hindustan Media Ventures Limited(New Delhi), has filed his counter-affidavit in 315 pages in the Supreme Court on Sept, 16 recently. Mr.Mantoo Sharma is the informant in the Munger Kotwali P.S Case No. 445/2011 in Bihar. Before filing his counter-affidavit, Mr.Sharma sent one set of the counter-affidavit to M/S Karanjawala & Co., Advocates for the petitioner, Shobhana Bhartia, the Chairperson of M/S Hindustan Media Ventures Limited, The Hindustan Times House, 18-20, Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi -110001 by the registered parcel and two sets of his counter – affidavit to the government lawyer of the Bihar government in the Supreme Court by hand.Four sets of the counter- affidavit were filed in the court of the Reistrar -II, Mr.Sunil Thomas.
The petitioner prays for the quashing of the Munger Kotwali P.S Case No.445/2011(Bihar):
The petitioner, Shobhana Bhartia has filed the Special Leave Petition( Criminal) No. -1603 of 2013 in the Supreme Court and prayed for the quashing of the Munger Kotwali P.S Case No. 445/2011, dated Nov.,18,2011 under sections 8(b)/14/15 of the Press & Registration of Books Act, 1867 read with Sections 420/471/476 of the Indian Penal Code
Named accused persons in the Munger Kotwali P.S Case No.445/2011(Bihar): In the Munger Kotwali P.S Case No.445/2011 in Bihar, the Chairperson of M/S Hindustan Media Ventures Limited (New Delhi)Shobhana Bhartia, the Chief Editor,Dainik Hindustan, Shashi Shekhar(New Delhi), the Regional Editor,Dainik Hindustan,Patna edition, Akku Srivastawa, the Regional Editor, Dainik Hindustan,Bhagalpur edition,Binod Bandhu and the Publisher, ,M/S Hindustan Media Ventures Limited( Nw Delhi), Amit Chopra, have been accused of receiving the government money to the tune of about rupees two hundred crores illegally and fraudulently by obtaining and printing the advertisements of the Union and Bihar governments in the name of illegally printed and published Munger and Bhagalpur editions of Dainik Hindustan for a decade continuously in Bihar.
The Munger police ,meanwhile, have submitted the Supervision Report No.01 and the Supervision Report No.-02 and have found all allegations “prima-facie true” against all the named accused persons including the principal accused Shobhana Bhartia (New Delhi) under sections 8(b)/14/15 of the Press & Registration of Books Act, 1867 and sections 420/471/476 of the Indian Penal Code. The historical order of the Patna High Court : The Hon’ble Justice of the Patna High Court, Justice Anjana Prakash, in her order, dated Dec 17,2012, in the Criminal Miscellaneous No. 2951 of 2012, refused to interfere in the police investigation and directed the Munger (Bihar) police to complete the investigation in the Kotwali P.S Case No. 445/ 2011 within the three months from the date of the order.
By ShriKrishna Prasad, Advocate M-09470400813
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