The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has detained Satyendra Jain in connection with a money laundering investigation. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has detained Jain in connection with a money laundering investigation.
On Wednesday, the petitioners will get the opportunity to hear the decision of the High Court of Delhi about their request to have the jailed minister, Satyendar Jain, removed from his position in the cabinet.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken Jain into custody in connection with a case involving the alleged laundering of money. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has taken Jain into custody in connection with a case involving the alleged laundering of money.
Under the Right to Information Act, the high court is also expected to hand down a decision regarding an appeal that challenges the order of a single judge that dismissed the petition that requested the agenda of a meeting of the Supreme Court collegium that took place on December 12, 2018, when certain decisions were purportedly taken on the elevation of judges to the apex court.
The high court is scheduled to hear several other important matters throughout the day, including a petition by Alt News co-founder Mohammed Zubair challenging the legality of his police remand in a case related to an alleged objectionable tweet he had posted in 2018 against a Hindu deity and bail pleas by Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam, and Alumni Association Jamia Millia Islamia President Shifa-ur-Rehman in a UAPA case related to the alleged conspiracy behind the riots here in February 2020.
Atty. Gen. Satish Chandra Sharma and Justice Subramonium Prasad had earlier reserved their decision on a petition filed by former BJP MLA Nand Kishore Garg.
Garg claimed in the petition that AAP leader Jain was arrested in the money laundering case on the allegation of his involvement in hawala transactions in 2015-2016 with a Kolkata-based firm, which is repugnant and inconsistent with the rule of law because Jain is a public servant who has taken a constitutional
Nevertheless, according to the plea, the minister who is now detained continues to enjoy the advantages and privileges of his position as a cabinet minister, despite the fact that he has reportedly been indicted on serious accusations that might result in harsh punishment.
In addition to that, the high court is going to consider a petition that challenges the privacy policy of the instant messaging service WhatsApp. The petitioner, Chaitanya Rohilla, has argued that the updated privacy policy violates users’ right to privacy under the Constitution.
Users have the option to either accept the updated policy or exit the app. However, they do not have the option to choose whether or not to share their data with other apps owned by Facebook or third-party apps.
According to the claims made in the petition, the new privacy policy of WhatsApp grants complete access to a user’s online activities without subjecting such conduct to any kind of governmental oversight.
In its reaction, WhatsApp said that the new policy would not compromise users’ ability to maintain their privacy since end-to-end encryption will continue to be used to safeguard private communications.
