Thondimuta Case Replace: Dramatic Court docket Proceedings Involving Former Minister Antony Raju

The Excessive Court docket had ordered a recent investigation into the case of Antony Raju accused of Thondi. When the Supreme Court docket accepted the plea filed by Antony Raju questioning it, advocate Deepak Prakash requested the courtroom to adjourn the case. Resulting from this, dramatic scenes unfolded within the courtroom.

The CT choose stated the case can’t be adjourned. A bench of Ravikumar and Sanjay Karol clarified. Justice Ravikumar identified that this can be a case during which the courtroom earlier than him had issued a discover in June final yr. When this case is taken up, they attempt to adjourn the whole lot by citing causes. He stated it’ll final until January 5. He additionally commented that he is aware of the peculiarity of January 5.

Nobody requested to withdraw the “Lavalin Petition”, but it was withdrawn – Justice Ravikumar

Pinarayi Vijayan’s SNC Justice Ravikumar additionally referred not directly to the withdrawal of the Court docket from the Lavalin case. He referred to the withdrawal of listening to with out mentioning the identify of the case. He had heard a petition in that case when he was a choose of the Excessive Court docket. He due to this fact withdrew from the bench listening to the enchantment in that case within the Supreme Court docket. Justice Ravikumar additional stated that nobody had requested him to withdraw.

Petition in Thondi case heard by CT Justice Antony Raju’s lawyer Deepak Prakash at present identified within the courtroom that Ravikumar was considered when he was within the Excessive Court docket. Later, Justice Ravikumar defined within the courtroom the difficulty of withdrawal of the Lavalin case. He was a choose within the Kerala Excessive Court docket for twelve and a half years. Many petitions have been taken up for consideration. However Justice Ravikumar stated he didn’t keep in mind that the petition within the case was heard by Thondi throughout his tenure as a Excessive Court docket choose.

Justice Sanjay Carroll requested the counsel why this problem, which had not been raised within the final one yr, was raised now. Then Justice CT stated he would recuse himself from listening to this petition. He knowledgeable Ravikumar. However others, together with Antony Raju’s senior counsel R Basant, objected to this.

The State has not thought-about the deserves of the case of Antony Raju

Kerala had filed a robust affidavit towards Antony Raju within the Supreme Court docket. However the senior counsel showing earlier than the Supreme Court docket at present on behalf of the state authorities, PV Si, held that the Excessive Court docket has not thought-about the deserves of Dinesh’s case. He additional recommended to the courtroom that if vital, the petition could be despatched again to the Excessive Court docket for consideration on deserves. The CT choose stated that the matter will likely be thought-about through the listening to. He knowledgeable Ravikumar.

The case was that on April 4, 1990, an Australian nationwide, arrested in a drug case at Thiruvananthapuram airport, was cast carrying thong underwear to save lots of him from punishment. The primary and second accused within the case have been Antony Raju and courtroom clerk Jose. The Excessive Court docket had ordered a recent investigation of the case. The Supreme Court docket is listening to the petitions filed by Antony Raju difficult the Excessive Court docket verdict.