Patna / Ranchi8 minutes ago
A hearing was held in the Jharkhand High Court on Tuesday on the allocation of mining lease against CM Hemant Soren and his close people related to the shell company. During this, the sealed envelope presented by the ED was opened. ED’s lawyer Tushar Mehta told the court, “There were 16 FIRs in 2010. After this ED found in its investigation that crores of rupees are with Pooja Singhal. The amount of bribe they received used to reach the people sitting at the top of the power. Money laundering was done through the shell company of the bribe money. In the investigation, some people have admitted that money laundering used to happen. One person has given a list of companies used for money laundering.
After this, the High Court has directed that the details of 16 FIRs related to MNREGA should be presented before the court. Now the next hearing will be held on May 19. At the same time, the court asked the counsel for the petitioner, ‘Why should this matter be given to the CBI, when no FIR has been registered in this case.’ On this, the petitioner’s counsel Rajiv Kumar argued, “On issues related to public interest, the court can pass an order of inquiry.” At the same time, he informed the court that this matter is related to the case of Pooja Singhal.
Kapil Sibal supported the government and Tushar Mehta stood for the ED
In the case of shell company, advocate Kapil Sibal appeared on behalf of the government. At the same time, in the hearing of the mining lease case, Supreme Court advocate Mukul Rahatogi appeared on behalf of CM Hemant Soren. Whereas, Solicitor General of India Tushar Mehta appeared on behalf of ED. Ranchi DC Chhavi Ranjan was also present during the hearing of the mining case.
Information will have to be taken from many states
The Registrar of Companies told the court that it can give information about only four companies in Jharkhand. These four companies of Jharkhand are under him. Apart from this, information of 45 companies mentioned can be sought from the office of Registrar of Companies at Patna, Delhi, Haryana, Chhattisgarh and Kolkata.
Shivshankar Sharma has filed a PIL against the CM.
Shivshankar Sharma has filed a public interest litigation in this matter. It has been said that close to the CM are earning money by running about 400 shell companies. In this, hotels, malls and other properties have been purchased with the amount earned from Jharkhand. On this, the High Court made the Registrar of Companies as the respondent and sought information.
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