The State Of Karnataka Home Department Secretary vs. Prathik Parasrampuria

S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A

RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s). 3549/2016

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 12022015 in CP No. 100889/2014 passed by the High Court of Karnataka Circuit Bench at Dharwad)

THE STATE OF KARNATAKA & ANR. Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

PRATHIK PARASRAMPURIA Respondent(s)

Date : 05042019 This petition was called on for hearing today. CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. RAMANA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MOHAN M. SHANTANAGOUDAR

For Petitioner(s)

Mr. Devadatt Kamat, AAG Mr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Mrs. Priya Aristotle, Adv. Mr. Rajesh Inamdar, Adv. Mr. Javedur Rehman, Adv. Mr. Aditya Bhat, Adv. Mr. Shiva P., Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. V. Shyamohan, AOR Mr. Amit Sharma, Adv. Mr. Dipesh Sinha, Adv. Ms. Ayiala Imti, Adv. Mr. Prateek Kumar, Adv. Ms. Pinky Anand, ASG Mr. R. Bala Subramanian, Sr.Adv. Mr. Praneet Pranav, Adv. Mr. Bharat Singh, Adv. Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, Adv. Mr. B.V. Balram Das, AOR Mr. Kuriakose Varghese, Adv. Mr. Abhir Phukan, Adv. Mr. Surya Prakash, Adv. Ms. Piyusha Singh, Adv. Mr. Prathik Parasrampuria, Adv. For M/s. KMNP LaW, AOR Digitally signed by VISHAL ANAND Date: 2019.04.08 16:29:49 IST Reason: Signature Not Verified

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Heard the learned counsel appearing for the parties.

Learned counsel appearing for the Election Commission of India submits that he does not have the statistics about the cases of prosecution, particularly the information as regards to raids conducted and seizure of money by them during the last parliamentary elections.

Mr. R. Balasubramanian, learned senior counsel appearing for the Union of India submits that he will get necessary information from the Finance Department.

It is stated by the learned counsel appearing for the Election Commission and also other learned counsel that the criminal cases initiated during the course of elections are pursued by the respective State Governments. We, therefore, feel it appropriate to issue notice to all the State Governments including Union Territories with a view to ascertain the views and information from respective State Governments/Union Territories.

Accordingly, we issue notice to all the State Governments and Union Territories to file their affidavits and appear through respective counsel on Thursday, the 25th April, 2019.

List on 25th April, 2019.

(VISHAL ANAND) (RAJ RANI NEGI)

COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR

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