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India Today
3 hours ago
- India Today
Why trouble is brewing for Bhupesh Baghel's son
(NOTE: This article was originally published in the India Today issue dated August 4, 2025)It's the giant-slaying phase, it seems, for the Enforcement Directorate (ED), after a long hunt for peripheral players. The latest arrest in what they're calling Chhattisgarh's own 'liquor scam': Chaitanya Baghel. The charges: acts linked to the sale of non-excise-paid liquor in 2019-22, when his father Bhupesh Baghel was CM. Besides causing a loss of Rs 2,200-odd crore to the exchequer, the ED alleges, Chaitanya's construction business netted in bribe money from liquor barons. In January, the ED had crested its previous peak in the case by arresting then excise minister Kawasi Lakhma, a Congress tribal High drama erupted after the ED arrived for the arrest at Baghel's Raipur residence on July 18: the last day of the assembly's monsoon session and also Chaitanya's birthday. An angry Baghel tweeted how, on his own birthday in August 2023, the ED had raided his OSDs. 'The kind of birthday gifts Modi-Shah give cannot be given by anyone in any democracy. Thank you... I will remember them for life,' he wrote. A non-birthday present too had come in March, when the CBI raided his premises in the Mahadev app was also heard lamenting how Pappu Bansal, an accused said to be close to him, could be seen breezing in and out of the ED office. That's not a bad reading of the ED's self-revealed strategy: to get those close to the 'big fish' to sing. Sources claim it was Bansal who explained the 'financial trail' leading to Chaitanya. Pappu Dhillon, a Chaitanya aide now in jail, may play a like role too. K.K. Shrivastava, a 'tantric/astrologer' close to Baghel, was arrested from Bhopal on unrelated complaints—also apparently meant to persuade him to read the future well and cooperate. BIG TREES DON'T FALLBaghel has been vocal about tree-felling in an Adani coal project in a Raigarh forest. Chaitanya's arrest, he claims, is meant to deflect focus from that. The BJP denies any link. Anyway, Baghel's standing in his party won't stay unaffected. A section still prefers him: Priyanka Gandhi, for one, tweeted in his support. But a dichotomy is visible too: Baghel-baiter Charandas Mahant has been made leader of former CM is a leader who even the BJP acknowledges as its most popular rival in the state. To retain that centrality, Baghel has a fight on his to India Today Magazine- EndsTune InMust Watch
Hindustan Times
8 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
'If one wants a Mercedes or BMW in 6 months…': CJI BS Gavai cautions new lawyers
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai had some pointed advice for budding lawyers as he spoke of the need to deliver justice at people's doorstep, at a function in his native village in Maharashtra on Friday. Chief Justice of India BR Gavai during a visit to his school at Girgaon in Mumbai on July 6.(DGIPR/PTI File Photo) 'If one wants to argue in courts without any experience and own a Mercedes or BMW in six months, then one needs to understand their motive,' he said. Junior lawyers must undergo apprenticeship before starting off on their own practice, he advised. Also read | CJI Gavai slams ED, says 'we don't watch news or YouTube' He also said fresh law graduates must not allow status and prestige to go to their heads, as per a PTI report. 'I have seen junior lawyers not offering seat to their seniors. Similarly, there was an instance where a junior lawyer fainted in court when he was fired by the judge,' he was quoted as saying by the news agency. Also read | Why Chief Justice BR Gavai got emotional: 'His dream has come true' 'Both judges and lawyers are equal partners. The chair (representing legal authority) is to serve people, and power associated with it should not be allowed to go to their heads,' he added. He was speaking at a function in Darapur, his native village in Maharashtra's Amravati district. He announced there that he won't accept any government post after retirement in November. 'I will try to spend more time in Darapur, Amravati and Nagpur,' he said. He was there for a memorial programme on the 10th death anniversary of his father RS Gavai, who served as governor of Kerala and Bihar.
Hindustan Times
8 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
'Won't accept any govt post': What Chief Justice BR Gavai plans to do after retirement
Chief Justice of India BR Gavai has said he won't accept any government post after retirement. He spoke of using his time for more personal pursuits, and highlighted his work towards making justice more accessible by having more lower courts. Chief Justice of India BR Gavai at a function in Amravati, Maharashtra.(PTI) He was speaking at a function in Darapur, his native village in Maharashtra's Amravati district, on Friday. 'I will get more time after retirement, so I will try to spend more time in Darapur, Amravati and Nagpur,' said the CJI, who is due to retire in November. He said he was there not as the chief justice, but as a resident of the district. Also read | CJI Gavai slams ED's 'narratives' remarks, says 'we don't watch news or YouTube' He was in his native village for a memorial programme on the 10th death anniversary of his father RS Gavai, who served as governor of Kerala and Bihar. 'Need justice at doorstep' He spoke pointedly of the need to deliver justice at people's doorstep. As head of a judicial infrastructure committee of the top court, he had prepared a model for setting up new taluka- and district-level courts, he said, as per news agency PTI. 'It (work on his proposal) is happening, but red tape in courts and government is same,' he added. A day before, on Thursday, during the hearing of a plea in the SC, he had said he has been trying to persuade the union government on the administrative side to expedite judicial appointments. He lamented that an 'extraordinary' woman lawyer recently withdrew her consent for elevation to the Delhi high court after waiting for nearly a year without any response from the Centre.
