Legal Victories & PILs

(1) Petitioner Ms.Neelam Mahajan Singh (for short ‘Ms. Singh’) lives in Flat NO.A 506 on the 5th floor of multistoried complex at Kasturba Gandhi Marg, New Delhi, popularly known as Curzon Road flats. The respondent No.5 Mr.A.K.Gupta (for short ‘Gupta’) lives in Flat No.A-206 on second floor in the same complex.

(2) Ms. Singh, a television news correspondent in News Division of Doordarshan and whose late husband was an Indian Administrative Service Officer is living in that flat with her school going son. Gupta is holding the rank of Deputy Inspector General of Police in the Intelligence Bureau. They would not have thought that a small incident would lead to such a legal tussle which would require examination and determination by a Full Bench at the very threshold. The incident took place on 28th September 1992. Ms.Singh’s version of the incident, as stated in the petition, in brief, is as follows:-