Case Law Details
Assistant Director Directorate of Enforcement Vs Kamal Ahsan & Anr. (Supreme Court of India)
In the peculiar facts and circumstance of the case and taking into consideration the fact that the respondent is suffering from Malignancy and Cancer and thereafter when he has been released on bail, the same is not required to be interfered by this court. The Special Leave Petition stands dismissed.
The Department ought not to have filed such a Special Leave Petition wasting the stationery, the legal fees and Court’s time. The Special Leave Petition stands dismissed with contd. exemplary cost, to be borne by the concerned officer, who granted the permission to file the Special Leave Petition, quantified at Rs.1,00,000/-, to be recovered from the salary of such an officer. The cost to be deposited by the Department with the Registry of this Court within a period of four weeks from today.
On such deposit, Rs.50,000/- be transferred to National Legal Services Authority, New Delhi and Rs.50,000/- to Mediation and Conciliation Project Committee, Supreme Court of India.
Pending applications shall stand disposed of.
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