Jaitley-Mallya 'meeting': Kejriwal calls it 'absolutely shocking'
New Delhi, Sep 12 : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday called the 'meeting' of fugitive business tycoon Vijay Mallya and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley "absolutely shocking".
Mallya, who was wanted in India for his alleged role in a multi-crore bank loan fraud case, on Wednesday claimed that he met Jaitley before leaving India in 2016. However, Jaitley rejected Mallya's claim that they met two years ago.
"Finance Minister ought to respond. Obviously, PM knew about it," Kejriwal said.
In a series of tweets, Kejriwal first called the meeting "absolutely shocking" and later questioned the Finance Minister for hiding this information.
"PM Modi meets Nirav Modi before he flees the country. FM meets Vijay Mallya before he flees India. What transpired in these meetings? People want to know," Kejriwal said.
"Why did the Finance Minister hide this information till now?" he added.
Former Finance Minister Yashwant Sinha tweeted saying "entire BJP must come clean on its relations with Mallya."
Senior Supreme Court lawyer and activist Prashant Bhushan blamed CBI for lowering its lookout notice.
"Mallya says he met Jaitley to offer a settlement and told him he was going abroad. Jaitley says no particular settlement was offered. Whatever the truth, there is no denying that CBI lowered its lookout notice from 'detain' to 'inform', to allow his escape," Bhushan said.
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Allahabad HC dismisses petition seeking permission to mount loudspeaker on mosque
Prayagraj, Jan 24 (PTI): The Allahabad High Court on Wednesday dismissed a writ petition seeking direction to the state authorities to permit the mounting of loudspeakers on a Masjid.
The court observed that the religious places were for offering prayers, therefore the use of loudspeakers was not a matter of right.
Dismissing the writ petition filed by Pilibhit-resident Mukhtiyar Ahmad, a two judge-bench, comprising Justice Ashwani Kumar Mishra and Justice Donadi Ramesh, observed, "Religious places are for offering prayers to the divinity and use of loudspeakers cannot be claimed as a matter of right, particularly when often such use of loudspeakers create nuisance for the residents".
At the outset, the state counsel objected to the maintainability of the writ on the grounds that the petitioner was neither a mutawalli, nor did the mosque belong to him.
The court also noted that the petitioner did not have locus to file the writ petition.
The term 'locus' is a legal concept that refers to the right of a person or entity to participate in a legal proceeding or bring a lawsuit.
