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Time of India
3 days ago
- Time of India
SC refuses to quash cheating case against senior advocate: 'Shocking! you acted like a broker', it says; rejects plea to refund
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday expressed shock and dismay over a 69-year-old senior advocate cheating a person of 1.68 crore rupees by acting as a land broker and dismissed the plea for quashing the criminal case against him in lieu of his undertaking to refund the swindled amount. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now A partial working day bench of Justices Prashant Kumar Mishra and Manmohan said, 'It is not a case for settlement. You may be a lawyer, but your conduct is outrageous. You should face trial and get convicted.' 'A senior advocate is doing brokering. He is doing land transactions through his clerk. He collected Rs 1.68 crore and refused to refund. This is shocking. He even got his intern, a law student, involved in this act. And all this is happening in a senior advocate's chamber,' the bench said. The senior advocate, R Manickavel, posing as the agreement holder of the original owner of a property, promised to offer that property for a sale consideration of Rs 3.25 crore. On various occasions, a sum of Rs 1.68 crore was received by the senior advocate without introducing the title holder to the complainant. Smelling a rat, the complainant insisted on meeting the original owner. Manickavel told the complainant to pay the balance amount if he had confidence in him. If not, he could take back the advance payments of Rs 1.68 crore. The complainant sought a refund of the advanced amount. Manickavel repaid only Rs 40 lakhs. On verification, the complainant came to know that the original landowner had settled the said property in favour of her legal heirs. When the complainant demanded return of his money, Manickavel along with co-accused, refused to pay and threatened him with dire consequences. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now He lodged a police complaint in 2011 accusing the lawyer of cheating. The Chennai police filed a chargesheet in 2023, of which the Egmore Magistrate has taken cognizance. The Madras HC on Apr 30 this year dismissed his plea for quashing of the case. Against this order, he had appealed in the SC.
New Indian Express
06-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Madras HC stays proceedings on closure report filed by CBI in idol theft case
MADURAI: The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court has stayed further proceedings on the closure report filed by the CBI in an idol theft case, following a petition filed by former Idol Wing IGP Pon Manickavel that it was not filed before the competent court. A case was registered against former DSP Kader Batcha and two police personnel for stealing idols and selling them to a dealer named Deenadayalan for Rs 15 lakh. The case was re-registered and probed by the CBI based on an order passed by the high court in 2022. On June 10, 2024, the agency filed a closure report before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Madurai. Manickavel, who is also being investigated by the CBI in a separate case based on the HC's direction, submitted that the state government passed a notification on May 22, 2024, designating the Additional CJM Court, Madurai as the Special Court for trial of idol theft cases. Since the case against Batcha pertains to Virudhunagar, the closure report ought to have been filed before the Additional CJM, Madurai, Manickavel said. He requested the high court to direct the CJM, Madurai to return the closure report and direct CBI to file the same before the Additional CJM Court. Observing that the petitioner has made out a prima facie case, the judge ordered an interim stay.
