The Constitutional Bench of Supreme Court of India consisting of Chief Justice, YB Sherbawal and two Judges had heard the Writ Petition (c) No. 353 of 2006 pertaining to “possession of wealth beyond known source of income and misappropriation of public funds.”
The Congress had earlier claimed that the Writ Petition was filed to “protect the interests of not only the citizens of Sikkim but also the entire country, whose hard earned money as part of the public exchequer, was allocated to Sikkim for its development.”
The petitioners had appealed to the Supreme Court for a CBI inquiry into the case.
The Congress had made use of the Part B of the 10th Schedule of the Constitution (35th Amendment) Bill, 1974, clause 2 (i) (c) which impeaches anyone holding office of power for misappropriation of funds either by himself and /or through his family members, friends, associates and nominees and corrupt practices knowing no bound and misusing the power and the office of the Chief Minister of the State and treating the entire Government machinery as their own and by the means thereof, have swindled acquired and amassed huge wealth and properties grossly disproportionate to their known sources of income and continuing to do so at the cost of the people.”
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SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
Status of : Writ Petition (Civil) 353 OF 2006
KUNGA NIMA LEPCHA & ORS. .Vs. STATE OF SIKKIM & ORS.
Pet. Adv. : MS. RUBY SINGH AHUJA --> Res. Adv. : MR. P. PARMESWARAN
Subject Category : LETTER PETITION & PIL MATTER - OTHERS
Listed 6 times earlier Last Listed on : 14/05/2007
ITEM NO. 47 COURT NO.9 SECTION X
S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS
WRIT PETITION (CIVIL) NO(s). 353 OF 2006KUNGA NIMA LEPCHA & ORS.
Petitioner(s) VERSUSSTATE OF SIKKIM & ORS.
Respondent(s)(With office report)Date: 14/05/2007 This Petition was called on for hearing today.
CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE C.K. THAKKER HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ALTAMAS KABIR
For Petitioner(s) Mr. R.F. Nariman, Sr. Adv. Mr. Vinod Bobde,Sr. Adv. Mr. Arunabh Choudhury, Adv. Ms. Ruby Singh Ahuja,Adv.
For Respondent(s) Mr. Gopal Subramanium, ASG No. 4 Mr. K.P. Pathak, ASG Mr. Asheesh Jain, Adv. Mr. P. Parmeswaran,Adv. No. 1
Mr. Sonam P Wangadi, Adv. Gen. Mr. A Mariarputham, Adv. Mrs. Aruna Mathur, Adv. for M/S Arputham,Aruna & Co.,Adv. No. 2 Ms. V. Mohana,Adv.
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UPON hearing counsel the Court made the following
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List in the last week of August, 2007 on a non- miscellaneous day.
