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New Indian Express
21-06-2025
- Politics
- New Indian Express
ED withdraws summons to senior lawyer
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday withdrew its summons issued against a senior advocate for reportedly giving legal advice in a case, after the Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) wrote to the Chief Justice of India (CJI) for taking note of the coercive action. The agency wrote to senior advocate Pratap Venugopal, intimating him that the summons have been withdrawn with 'immediate effect'. SCAORA president Vipin Nair had written to CJI B R Gavai on the 'deeply disquieting development' having 'serious ramifications for the independence of the legal profession and the foundational principle of lawyer-client confidentiality'. 'It has come to our notice that senior advocate Pratap Venugopal, has received on June 19, a summons dated June 18, by ED under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in its investigation into the Employee Stock Option Plan (ESOP) granted by M/s Care Health Insurance Ltd for a purported legal opinion rendered by senior advocate Arvind Datar, wherein Pratap Venugopal, was the advocate-on-record, supporting the grant of stock options to former Religare enterprises chairperson Rashmi Saluja,' the letter said. Venugopal told TNIE the probe agency's action was completely illegal, unconstitutional, unwarranted. 'It is sad and unfortunate. The action of issuing summons to advocates is an alarming practice besides being wholly contrary to the provisions of Sec 132 of the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA) 2023,' he said.
Time of India
11-06-2025
- Time of India
Fish farm owner found dead in river in Vaikom
Kottayam: A fish farm owner, who had been missing, was found dead in a mysterious condition in a river at Thottakam near Vaikom in Kottayam on Wednesday. A police team from Vaikom station which carried out the search retrieved the body of Vipin Nair, 54, from around 150 metres away from the farm situated on the banks of the Kariyar River. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now The body was found with four bricks tied to the neck and six bricks each on each foot. Vipin, who reached the farm by around 9pm in his own vehicle on Sunday, went missing on Monday morning. At the farm, he used to sleep in a temporary shed. Vipin told his family that he would come home to drop his daughter at the bus station as she was leaving for Thiruvananthapuram. When Vipin did not return home on Monday, his family lodged a complaint with the police. The mattress and the table in the shed where Vipin was sleeping were found overturned. However, there was no sign of any tussle inside the shed. The dog squad and fingerprint experts reached the spot and inspected it, but no significant evidence was found. The police later checked the CCTV footage in the area. They found two vehicles and identified them as belonging to the residents of the area. Vipin was facing a huge financial liability due to floods and Covid. His family members told the police that Vipin could not go far without as he had difficulty in walking. The police are also investigating the possibility of suicide. Call records on his mobile phone are also being examined.
