Mining Lease Row: SC to Hear on Aug 17 Pleas of Soren, J'khand Against Court Order for Probe
2 years, 7 months ago

Mining Lease Row: SC to Hear on Aug 17 Pleas of Soren, J'khand Against Court Order for Probe

News 18  

The Supreme Court on Friday said it will hear on August 17 the separate pleas of the Jharkhand government and Chief Minister Hemant Soren against an order of the high court which accepted the maintainability of a PIL for a probe against the JMM leader who has been accused of granting himself a mining lease as the state’s mining minister. BJP national vice president and former Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das had in February this year claimed Soren abused his position and granted himself the favour of a mining lease, an issue involving both the conflict of interest and corruption. The plea before the Jharkhand High Court had sought a probe into alleged irregularities in the grant of mining lease as also the transactions of some shell companies allegedly linked to the chief minister’s family members and associates. In its order, a division bench of the high court had said, “This court, after having answered the issue, as framed by this court, and on the basis of discussions made hereinabove, is summing up its view and is of the considered opinion that the writ petitions cannot be thrown away on the ground of maintainability.” On May 24, the apex court had asked the high court to first hear the preliminary objections to the maintainability of the PIL seeking a probe.

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Jharkhand HC stays on MP-MLA court’s order seeking CM Hemant Soren's appearance
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand HC stays on MP-MLA court’s order seeking CM Hemant Soren's appearance

New Indian Express  

RANCHI: A major relief to Chief Minister Hemant Soren, the Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday put a stay on the decision of the MP-MLA court, which, had been asked him to appear before it on December 4 in connection with a case related to disobeying summons issued by Enforcement Directorate. Meanwhile, the Special MP-MLA Court on November 25 rejected Jharkhand …

Jharkhand HC rejects Hemant Soren’s petition challenging ED arrest
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Jharkhand HC rejects Hemant Soren’s petition challenging ED arrest

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court on Friday dismissed former chief minister Hemant Soren’s petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate on money laundering charges involving a tribal land in Ranchi district. Former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren A high court advocate familiar with the order said, “Court had reserved its judgement on February 28. Another advocate familiar with the …

Top Court notice to probe agency on former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's bail plea
11 months ago

Top Court notice to probe agency on former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's bail plea

India Today  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate on former Jharkhand Chief Minister and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Hemant Soren's plea seeking interim bail in a money laundering case. The top court also clarified that in the meanwhile, the Jharkhand High Court may pronounce the order on Soren's plea challenging his arrest in the money laundering case …

ED urges for CBI probe before Jharkhand High Court into case lodged by Hemant Soren under SC/ST Act
11 months, 3 weeks ago

ED urges for CBI probe before Jharkhand High Court into case lodged by Hemant Soren under SC/ST Act

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate has requested a CBI investigation before the Jharkhand High Court regarding allegations made by former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Soren lodged a police complaint in Ranchi, asserting that the ED's search operation at his New Delhi residence in January tarnished his reputation and that of the entire Scheduled Tribe community to which he belongs. An ED …

SC to hear Friday JMM leader Hemant Soren's plea against arrest by ED
1 year, 1 month ago

SC to hear Friday JMM leader Hemant Soren's plea against arrest by ED

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to hear tomorrow the former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's petition challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a land scam money laundering case. Soren's senior lawyers Kapil Sibal and Dr Abhishek Manu Singhvi, who appeared on behalf of Soren, mentioned the matter before the top court's bench, comprising …

Land scam case: ED interrogation with Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren underway in Ranchi
1 year, 1 month ago

Land scam case: ED interrogation with Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren underway in Ranchi

India TV News  

Land scam case: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's questioning by the Enforcement Directorate officials is still underway at his residence in Ranchi in connection with an alleged money laundering case. ED seizes two luxury cars, huge cash, documents The federal agency searched the 5/1 Shanti Niketan residence of the JMM leader in south Delhi on Monday, and camped there for …

ED teams reach at Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s residence to question him
1 year, 2 months ago

ED teams reach at Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s residence to question him

Live Mint  

A week after Enforcement Directorate summoned Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren for the eighth time in connection with the 'illegal mining case', reports arrived that the central probing agency is set to question him at his official residence in Ranchi on 20 January. CM Hemant Soren wrote to the Enforcement Directorate stating that it could record his statement in the …

Jharkhand HC dismisses PIL against CM Hemant Soren in illegal stone mining case
1 year, 3 months ago

Jharkhand HC dismisses PIL against CM Hemant Soren in illegal stone mining case

The Hindu  

The Jharkhand High Court on December 27 gave a major relief to Chief Minister Hemant Soren in the illegal stone mining lease case. The division bench headed by the Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Justice Ananda Sen dismissed the public interest litigation filed activist Sunil Mahto and said that the PIL is a repetition of an earlier one filed …

SC asks Hemant Soren to approach State HC for relief against ED summons
1 year, 6 months ago

SC asks Hemant Soren to approach State HC for relief against ED summons

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on September 18, 2023, advised Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren to approach the State High Court against an Enforcement Directorate summon in an alleged money laundering case. A Bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M. Trivedi allowed Mr. Soren, represented by senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, to withdraw with liberty to move the High Court. Mr. Soren …

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Withdraws Pleas Challenging ED Summonses After Supreme Court Asks Him To Approach HC
1 year, 6 months ago

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Withdraws Pleas Challenging ED Summonses After Supreme Court Asks Him To Approach HC

Live Law  

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren agreed to withdraw his writ petition against summonses by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case, after the Supreme Court on Monday expressed its disinclination to entertain the matter. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi was hearing a plea filed by the minister seeking the quashing of the …

Supreme Court To Hear Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's Plea Against ED Summons On September 18
1 year, 6 months ago

Supreme Court To Hear Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's Plea Against ED Summons On September 18

Live Law  

The Supreme Court will hear on Monday, September 18, a writ petition filed by Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren seeking the quashing of the summons issued by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case. A bench of Justices Aniruddha Bose and Bela M Trivedi was hearing a plea filed by the minister seeking the quashing of the …

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren summoned by Enforcement Directorate for questioning on August 14
1 year, 7 months ago

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren summoned by Enforcement Directorate for questioning on August 14

Op India  

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has been summoned by the Enforcement Directorate for questioning on the 14th of August. Currently, businessman Vishnu Agarwal is in ED custody in connection with the land scam case under the charges of money laundering. However, some reports have highlighted that the Jharkhand CM Soren is under ED’s scanner in an illegal mining case. In …

HC directs Jharkhand govt, ED to furnish report on probe in mining lease case against CM Soren
1 year, 11 months ago

HC directs Jharkhand govt, ED to furnish report on probe in mining lease case against CM Soren

The Hindu  

The Jharkhand High Court on April 3 directed the state government and the Enforcement Directorate to furnish a status report in the investigation done in the mining lease case against Chief Minister Hemant Soren. A division bench of Chief Justice Sanjaya Kumar Mishra and Justice Ananda Sen, hearing a public interest litigation filed by RTI activist Sunil Kumar Mahto, directed …

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren appears before ED in mining lease scam case
2 years, 4 months ago

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren appears before ED in mining lease scam case

The Hindu  

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren appeared before the Enforcement Directorate in Ranchi on Thursday in connection with an alleged mining lease case. Before leaving for the ED’s regional office, Mr. Soren charged that the probe “is a larger conspiracy by the BJP to destabilise his government in the State”. ‘Baseless allegations’ Earlier, before leaving for the ED’s regional office, Mr. …

ED questions Hemant Soren in mining lease case
2 years, 4 months ago

ED questions Hemant Soren in mining lease case

The Hindu  

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren on November 17 appeared before Enforcement Directorate in Ranchi in connection with alleged mining lease case. ‘Baseless allegations’ Earlier, before leaving for the ED’s regional office, Mr. Soren addressed media persons and asserted that allegations made against him were “baseless”. In fact, I don’t think apart from businessmen, any of the political leaders have fled …

Mining lease row: SC allows appeals of Jharkhand govt, Soren; sets aside HC order
2 years, 4 months ago

Mining lease row: SC allows appeals of Jharkhand govt, Soren; sets aside HC order

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the appeals of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and the state government against a high court order accepting the maintainability of PILs for a probe in the mining lease issue. “We have allowed these two appeals and have set aside the June 3, 2022 order passed by the Jharkhand High Court, holding …

SC sets aside HC order on mining lease row, relief for Soren
2 years, 4 months ago

SC sets aside HC order on mining lease row, relief for Soren

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the appeals of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and the state government against a high court order accepting the maintainability of PILs for a probe in the mining lease issue. We have allowed these two appeals and have set aside the June 3, 2022 order passed by the Jharkhand High Court, holding …

Supreme Court allows Hemant Soren’s appeal against Jharkhand High Court order
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court allows Hemant Soren’s appeal against Jharkhand High Court order

Live Mint  

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the appeals of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, state govt against High Court order on maintainability of PILs for probe in mining lease issue. The Supreme Court on Monday allowed Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren's appeal, setting aside the Jharkhand High Court's order which had accepted the maintainability of a Public Interest Litigation in …

Relief for Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren from Supreme Court in mining lease case
2 years, 4 months ago

Relief for Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren from Supreme Court in mining lease case

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren got a relief on Monday from the Supreme Court as the top court set aside a high court order. The order by the Jharkhand high court had upheld the maintainability of a public interest litigation for a probe against the chief minister in a mining lease case. Earlier this year, Hemant Soren had said that …

Supreme Court allows Hemant Soren to challenge cases against him for illegal mining
2 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court allows Hemant Soren to challenge cases against him for illegal mining

India TV News  

The Supreme Court on Monday allowed the appeal of Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren and the state government against the Jharkhand High court order. “We have allowed these two appeals and have set aside the June 3, 2022 order passed by the Jharkhand High Court, holding that these PILs were not maintainable,” the bench said. The apex court had earlier restrained …

Explained | Hemant Soren and the Jharkhand political crisis
2 years, 6 months ago

Explained | Hemant Soren and the Jharkhand political crisis

The Hindu  

The story so far: The political crisis in Jharkhand intensified further on Tuesday, August 30, as the ruling United Progressive Alliance shifted as many as 31 MLAs to the Congress-ruled Chhattisgarh to avoid any attempt by the Opposition BJP to poach its legislators in the State. In February this year, BJP leader and former Jharkhand Chief Minister Raghubar Das had …

Explained: A mining lease and the troubles it has brought for the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand
2 years, 7 months ago

Explained: A mining lease and the troubles it has brought for the Hemant Soren government in Jharkhand

Firstpost  

As per sources, the Election Commission has recommended to Governor Ramesh Bais that Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren be disqualified as an MLA for violating the Representation of the People Act, 1951 — by allotting a mining lease to himself New political drama broke out in Jharkhand on Thursday — a move that could topple the Hemant Soren-led government as …

Soren mining lease: Political temperatures soar in Jharkhand
2 years, 7 months ago

Soren mining lease: Political temperatures soar in Jharkhand

Deccan Chronicle  

RANCHI: Political temperatures have risen in Jharkhand as the ruling JMM-Congress-RJD alliance and the opposition BJP keenly waits for Governor Ramesh Bais to return to the state and inform them about the Election Commission's opinion on a plea seeking Chief Minister Hemant Soren's disqualification as an MLA for allegedly violating electoral law. State Rural Development and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Alamgir …

Mining lease row: SC restrains Jharkhand HC from proceeding in PILs against CM Hemant Soren
2 years, 7 months ago

Mining lease row: SC restrains Jharkhand HC from proceeding in PILs against CM Hemant Soren

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court Wednesday restrained the Jharkhand High Court from proceeding with PILs seeking a probe against Chief Minister Hemant Soren who has been accused of granting himself a mining lease as the state's mining minister. Bhat, and Sudhanshu Dhulia reserved its judgement on separate pleas of the Jharkhand government and Soren against an order of the high court that …

Supreme Court Seeks Production Of PIL Filed Before HC Seeking Probe Against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
2 years, 7 months ago

Supreme Court Seeks Production Of PIL Filed Before HC Seeking Probe Against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday asked Jharkhand Chief Minister, Hemant Soren, to submit a copy of the writ petition filed before the High Court which sought an independent probe against him for alleged money laundering through shell companies. The State has assailed the Jharkhand High Court's order dated June 3 wherein the bench of Chief Justice Dr R. Ranjan and …

Jharkhand HC to hear petitions against CM Hemant Soren on July 5 in mining case
2 years, 8 months ago

Jharkhand HC to hear petitions against CM Hemant Soren on July 5 in mining case

India Today  

The Jharkhand High Court on Thursday heard public interest litigations related to alleged money laundering and office of profit against Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his aides. A division bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad heard the petitions for the entire day. Petitioner Shiv Shankar Sharma has claimed that Soren had obtained a mining …

Here is all about the stone quarry lease case involving Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren
2 years, 9 months ago

Here is all about the stone quarry lease case involving Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren

Op India  

The Election Commission has granted Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren a final opportunity to appear before it in the quarry lease allotment matter after he claimed the absence of his lawyer on Tuesday. The case involves a stone quarry mining lease granted to Hemant Soren by the District Mining Department in June 2021 for 0.88 acres of land in Ranchi’s …

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren replies to EC notice on office-of-profit issue
2 years, 10 months ago

Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren replies to EC notice on office-of-profit issue

India TV News  

Highlights Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren replied to the notice issued to him by the Election Commission. The matter pertains to the allotment of the stone mine lease in his favor in the Angara block of Ran After the Election Commission issued a notice to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in the office of profit matter, he replied to it on Friday …

Jharkhand Govt Approaches Supreme Court Apprehending HC Order For CBI Probe Against CM Hemant Soren On Sealed Cover Documents
2 years, 10 months ago

Jharkhand Govt Approaches Supreme Court Apprehending HC Order For CBI Probe Against CM Hemant Soren On Sealed Cover Documents

Live Law  

The State of Jharkhand has approached the Supreme Court apprehending a move by the Jharkhand High Court to order CBI enquiry against Chief Minister Hemant Soren relying upon "sealed cover" documents submitted by the Enforcement Directorate in relation to grant of mining leases.A bench led by Justice UU Lalit on Friday listed the petition before a vacation bench on next …

Jharkhand mining lease case: HC defers hearing against CM Hemant Soren, others
2 years, 10 months ago

Jharkhand mining lease case: HC defers hearing against CM Hemant Soren, others

Hindustan Times  

RANCHI: The Jharkhand high court on Thursday agreed to defer hearing the pleas seeking probes by CBI and the Enforcement Directorate into the mining lease granted to chief minister Hemant Soren and some shell companies allegedly operated by his family members and associates after senior counsel Kapil Sibal told the division bench that he has filed a special leave application …

It’s all in the Mine: Lease Controversy Threatens Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s Political Career
2 years, 10 months ago

It’s all in the Mine: Lease Controversy Threatens Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren’s Political Career

News 18  

Jharkhand is again in the limelight, but for all the wrong reasons. First, Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s name got mired in a mining controversy for a land he leased to himself. Hemant Soren, who is also the working president of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, allotted a granite mining lease to himself and his brother, Basant. His father and former Chief …

PIL on mining lease case aimed at destabilising my govt: J'khand CM Soren to HC
2 years, 10 months ago

PIL on mining lease case aimed at destabilising my govt: J'khand CM Soren to HC

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren has urged the high court to dismiss a petition seeking a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate into a stone mining lease in his name, saying it was an attempt to “destabilise the democratically-elected state government”. The mining lease – the subject matter of the present writ – remained no longer …

EC notice to Jharkhand CM Soren over mining lease
2 years, 10 months ago

EC notice to Jharkhand CM Soren over mining lease

Hindustan Times  

A mining lease purportedly allotted to Hemant Soren by the state government has landed the Jharkhand chief minister in trouble with the Election Commission of India, which has served him a notice and asked him to respond by May 10, officials familiar with the matter said. Soren is consulting with legal experts like former Supreme Court judge Ashok Ganguly, National …

EC issues notice to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren over grant of mining lease
2 years, 10 months ago

EC issues notice to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren over grant of mining lease

India TV News  

Highlights Election Commission has sent a notice to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren. The notice has been issued over a mining lease granted in his name. The Election Commission has sent a notice to Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren over a mining lease granted in his name in alleged violation of Section 9A of the Representation of Peoples' Act 1951, …

Industry dept headed by CM Soren allotted plot to his wife’s firm: BJP
2 years, 11 months ago

Industry dept headed by CM Soren allotted plot to his wife’s firm: BJP

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand’s former chief minister and BJP leader Raghubar Das on Monday levelled fresh allegations of corruption against chief minister Hemant Soren, alleging that the state’s industry department headed by Soren allotted an 11-acre plot to his wife Kalpana Soren’s firm at an industrial cluster in the state capital last year. Earlier, Das had alleged that CM Soren, who heads the …

Petition filed against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for acquiring quarry
2 years, 11 months ago

Petition filed against Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren for acquiring quarry

Op India  

Hemant Soren, Chief Minister of Jharkhand, has stirred outrage after the mines department in the state gave him a lease for a stone quarry near Ranchi. The case concerns a stone quarry mining lease awarded by the District Mining Department to Hemant Soren in June 2021 for 0.88 acres of land in Ranchi’s Angara block. The PIL was filed to …

Trouble mounts for Jharkhand CM as EC seeks details of quarry lease, BJP calls for ouster
2 years, 11 months ago

Trouble mounts for Jharkhand CM as EC seeks details of quarry lease, BJP calls for ouster

India Today  

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren has landed in hot water over the lease to a stone quarry in Ranchi, which was allegedly issued in his favour by the mining department. The division bench comprising Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad heard the plea on April 8 and issued a notice to Hemant Soren. READ | CM …

ECI seeks Hemant Soren’s mining lease details over ‘office of profit’ complaint
2 years, 11 months ago

ECI seeks Hemant Soren’s mining lease details over ‘office of profit’ complaint

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission of India has begun a probe into allegations that a mining lease on a government land was granted to Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren last year, which amounts to holding an “office of profit” and hence could invite his disqualification from the legislative assembly under the Representation of People’s Act, people aware of the development said on …

HC notice to CM Soren for stone mines lease in his name
2 years, 11 months ago

HC notice to CM Soren for stone mines lease in his name

Hindustan Times  

The Jharkhand high court on Friday issued notice to state’s chief minister Hemant Soren and sought a reply from the government while hearing a petition seeking a CBI inquiry and prosecution sanction against the CM for allegedly getting a stone chips mines lease issued in his name last year. Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren Hearing a public interest litigation filed by …

Soren gave himself mine lease in Ranchi, must quit: BJP
3 years, 1 month ago

Soren gave himself mine lease in Ranchi, must quit: BJP

Hindustan Times  

Jharkhand’s former chief minister Raghubar Das on Thursday demanded the resignation of his successor Hemant Soren, who he accused of misusing his office to get an in-principle approval for stone quarrying lease in his name on a government land on the outskirts of the state capital, which was cleared by the mines department headed by Soren himself. Addressing reporters at …

Akhilesh Yadav under CBI lens for violating HC order and granting 14 leases as Mining Minister without e-tender: Reports
6 years, 2 months ago

Akhilesh Yadav under CBI lens for violating HC order and granting 14 leases as Mining Minister without e-tender: Reports

Op India  

The CBI had earlier announced in an FIR filed on the second of January that it will examine the role of former Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister, Akhilesh Yadav, and his former Cabinet colleague Gayatri Prajapati in a case of illegal mining. CBI sources have reportedly said that during Akhilesh Yadav’s tenure as mining minister, 14 leases were granted in Hamirpur …

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