NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday sought the Uttar Pradesh government’s response after taking note of a report from the Gautam Buddh Nagar district judge that CCTV cameras on the court’s premises were lying defunct due to the lack of maintenance funds.The top court, which on March 21 took note of the alleged manhandling … Read more
Arrested Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was assigned to Judicial Custody till April 15th by The Rouse Avenue Court in connection with the alleged money laundering case linked to Delhi Excise Policy scam. Enforcement Directorate (ED) had sought fifteen days of judicial custody of Kejriwal, stating that his non-cooperative behaviour during the interrogation. ASG SV Raju … Read more
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was produced before a Delhi court on Monday after his Enforcement Directorate custodial remand ended in the excise policy-linked money laundering case. The court has sent Kejriwal to 15-day judicial custodyHe was produced before Special Judge Kaveri Baweja in a jam-packed courtroom.AAP ministers Atishi, Saurabh Bhardwaj and Kejriwal’s wife … Read more
On Sunday, March 31, Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of Arvind Kejriwal, took the stage at the INDIA bloc rally held at Ramlila Maidan. Standing in for her husband, who is currently under custody, she read out a message written by the CM. Top opposition leaders who participated in the rally advocated for the release of Mr. Kejriwal … Read more
The court did not immediately respond to his request. But it issued an interim order barring the government from funding the monthly subsidies for religious students of enlistment age who have not received a deferral from the army. Those funds will be frozen starting Monday.While the loss of state subsidies is certainly a blow, it … Read more
A Thai court has acquitted nearly 70 people of all charges related to mass protests in 2008 that shut down Bangkok’s two airports for about 10 days.The protesters opposed a government aligned with ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra.Members of the People’s Alliance for Democracy were involved in the protests, seizing a state television station and … Read more
LUCKNOW: A chief judicial magistrate’s court in Uttar Pradesh’s Banda on Friday ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari, a senior official said.Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Bhagwan Das Gupta appointed Garima Singh, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA Court Banda) as the investigating officer in the case, the official said.The CJM … Read more
The BJP candidate, through her counsel, urged the commissions to take immediate action against the TMC leader for “violating her right to privacy, outraging her modesty, and breaching provisions of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Protection (Prevention of Atrocities) Act”.In response to the TMC leader’s post, National Commission for Women (NCW) chairperson Rekha Sharma … Read more
LUCKNOW: A special CBI court in Lucknow on Friday convicted seven people in the killing of former BSP MLA Raju Pal in 2005, a case in which murdered gangster-turned-politician Atiq Ahmad was also an accused, officials said.The proceedings against Atiq Ahmad, his brother and prime accused Khalid Azim alias Ashraf, and Gulbul alias Rafiq were … Read more
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal personally presented his arguments before Delhi’s Rouse Avenue court on Thursday, which was hearing the Delhi excise policy case.The AAP leader was expected to make a major disclosure in this case; the previous evening, his wife, Sunita Kejriwal, had said that he would do a “big expose” on the alleged … Read more