New Delhi: The Delhi High Court recently refused to grant bail to a man accused of allegedly compelling his wife for partner swapping and creating her fake online identity and sending her pictures on social media, soliciting people to make sexual relations with her for money, observing the allegations against him are not the stereotyped … Read more
New Delhi: Influencer Sharmistha Panoli was on Friday released from the Woman Correctional Home in Kolkata. The law student however has been barred from interacting with the media. She was released a day after the Calcutta High Court granted her interim bail. Arrest after controversial post on Operation Sindoor The social media influencer was arrested … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday refused to interfere with Delhi High Court order directing Christian Michel James, an alleged middleman in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case, to furnish details of the address where he intended to stay post-release on bail. A bench comprising Justice Vikram Nath and Sanjay Kumar also rejected … Read more
New Delhi: A city court on Tuesday (May 27) denied bail to former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan in a case registered under the stringent sections of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA). Special Judge Dig Vijay Singh dismissed Balyan’s bail application, saying there was no sufficient ground to grant him … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has sought response from the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on a bail plea of Bramulla Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case. Rashid, who is lodged in Tihar Jail since 2019 after being arrested by the NIA … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday (May 8) allowed Ashish Mishra, son of former Union minister Ajay Mishra and an accused in 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence case in which eight persons were killed during protest against now-repealed farm laws, to visit Lakhimpur Kheri to meet his family every Saturday evening and return back to … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (May 7) said the Parliament building is the pride of the country and nobody can play a prank in the building where serious work gets transited and laws for the country are made and those arrested for the 2023 security breach couldn’t equate themselves with martyrs like … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday (May 7) reserved its verdict on a plea of an alleged middleman Christian Michel James seeking modification of his bail conditions in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma reserved the verdict after hearing submissions made by James and Enforcement Directorate (ED). Justice … Read more
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Thursday (May 1) opposed in the Delhi High Court alleged middleman Christian Michel James’s plea seeking modification of his bail conditions in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money laundering case. James, who was granted bail by the High Court in the money laundering case in March, has sought relaxing … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday (April 25) suspended the sentence of activist Medha Patkar and granted her bail in a criminal defamation case filed against her by Delhi Lieutenant Governor (LG) VK Saxena in 2001. Justice Shalinder Kaur suspended Patkar’s sentence and granted her bail on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 … Read more
New Delhi: Delhi High Court on Thursday (April 24) said that it would hear the bail pleas of Neelam Azad, the lone woman accused in Parliament security breach case, and another co-accused on April 29. A bench comprising Justice Subramonium Prasad and Justice Harish Vaidyanathan Shankar, during the brief hearing, asked police to clarify on … Read more
Prayagraj: The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to a rape accused, observing that the complainant “herself invited trouble” by agreeing to go to the applicant’s house after getting drunk, the news coming days after the Supreme Court intervened to stay an “insensitive” order passed by another HC justice in a rape attempt case. The … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (March 4) granted bail to alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland money laundering case. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who had reserved the order on the bail plea of James on February 28, granted bail to James, taking into consideration his long incarnation … Read more
New Delhi: A city court on Monday (March 3) asked the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respond to a plea filed by Bramulla Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid seeking interim bail to attend the upcoming Parliament session. Rashid has moved the court seeking interim bail to … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Friday (February 28) reserved its verdict on a bail plea filed by alleged middleman Christian Michel James in a money laundering case in the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland ‘scam’. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma reserved the verdict after hearing arguments from the parties – Enforcement Directorate (ED) and James. … Read more
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday (February 25) opposed in the Delhi High Court a bail plea filed by alleged middleman Christian Michel James in a money laundering case arising out of the Rs 3,600 crore AgustaWestland ‘scam’. James, who is a British national, was extradited from Dubai in December, 2018 and was … Read more
New Delhi: A city court on Monday (February 24) took cognisance of a chargesheet filed against an accused in an alleged organised crime case under Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) also involving former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Naresh Balyan. Delhi Police filed the chargesheet in the case, running into about 1000 pages … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday February 24) asked the court hearing cases of the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to expeditiously decide the bail plea of ailed Bramulla Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid in a terror funding case. Justice Vikas Mahajan was hearing a … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday (February 21) recalled its order passed earlier in the day to complete the investigation against MLA Abbas Ansari in a case registered against him under the Uttar Pradesh Gangsters and Anti-Social Activities (Prevention) Act within 10 days and instead sought to know whether any investigation was pending against … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday (February 20) refused to interfere with an order of the Bombay High Court denying bail to gangster-turned-politician Arun Gawli, who is serving life imprisonment in a murder case. Gawli, who was convicted under provisions of MCOCA, is serving life imprisonment in the murder case of Mumbai Shiv Sena … Read more
Pune: Citing Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s high-level security and his status of being the Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, a Pune court on Tuesday (February 18) granted him permanent exemption from appearance in a defamation case filed against him over his alleged objectionable remarks on Hindutva ideologue Vinayak Damodar Savarkar. The court had … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday (February 18) granted bail to alleged middleman Christian Michel James in the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case of purported Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland scam, taking into consideration that he was in custody for the last six years and the investigation into the matter is still underway. A bench … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has granted bail to former Uttar Pradesh minister Azam Khan and his son Abdullah Azam Khan in a machine theft case, taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, including the period of incarceration undergone by them. The father-son duo had moved the top court against the Allahabad … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday (February 13) sought the response of Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA and former Delhi Waqf Board chairperson Amanatullah Khan on plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging an order of a trial court refusing to take cognisance of a chargesheet and ordering his release in the … Read more
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday (February 11) listed for hearing on February 24 a plea by jailed Bramulla Lok Sabha Member of Parliament (MP) Sheikh Abdul Rashid, popularly known as Engineer Rashid, seeking quick disposal of his regular bail plea in a terror funding case pending over the issue of jurisdiction of … Read more