SC Advocate-on-Record Body Writes to CJI After ED Summons Senior Advocate

SC advocate-on-record body writes to CJI after ED summons senior advocate

New Delhi: The Supreme Court Advocates on Record Association (SCAORA) on Friday wrote to Chief Justice of India B R Gavai for taking note of the ED summons to a senior advocate for reportedly giving legal advice. Sources from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), however, said the agency was in the process of withdrawing the summons issued to Venugopal. Earlier, SCAORA president Vipin Nair wrote to the CJI on the "deeply disquieting development" hav…

After Supreme Court Bar Body's Protest, ED Withdraws Summons Issued To Sr Adv Pratap Venugopal

In the latest development, the Enforcement Directorate has withdrawn with immediate effect the summons issued by it to Senior Advocate Pratap Venugopal over legal advice tendered to a client.To recap,...