Justice (retired) Deepak Verma, who testified before the high court as an expert witness, said it was “inevitable” that Modi would have to face prolonged custodial interrogation and was prone to the risk of custodial torture. Justice (Retired) Verma made his submission in written before the high Court. “In the specific case of NM,” he … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday noted from a report of the Enforcement Directorate that debts worth Rs 2983 crores of certain companies of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) were settled in insolvency proceedings for merely Rs 26 crores. All these acquisitions were facilitated by 8 Non-Banking Finance Companies through “Project Help”, the Court noted. … Read more
AAP chief Arvind Kejriwal has written to Delhi High Court Chief Justice seeking transfer of the CBI’s excise policy case from Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma to another bench. The AAP Supremo has sought transfer of the CBI’s criminal petition challenging his discharge in the case. Kejriwal is one of the respondents in the matter. The … Read more
The Delhi High Court on Monday said that the trial court observations made while discharging AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal, Manish Sisodia and all other accused in the liquor policy case regarding statements of witnesses and the approvers, at charge stage, are “prima facie erroneous and need consideration.” For context, the trial court had found that … Read more
The case arose in 2022 when the CBI registered a First Information Report (FIR) alleging that the Delhi Excise Policy of 2021-22 was manipulated to facilitate monopolisation and cartelisation of liquor trade in Delhi. The CBI case was registered on a complaint made by Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena on July 20, 2022. The probe agency said that … Read more
A Delhi Court on Friday discharged former Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal in the corruption case related to the alleged liquor policy scam. Special Judge Jitendra Singh of Rouse Avenue Courts also discharged AAP leader Manish Sisodia in the case. Notably, the judge discharged all 23 accused persons in the … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested top Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer Amit Kumar Singhal and one other person “for demanding and accepting a bribe of ₹25 lakh.” The CBI said a “private person” was caught red-handed taking the bribe on behalf of “accused public servant.” “The CBI has arrested two accused including a … Read more
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a deputy director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Odisha on Friday in connection with an alleged bribery deal. The agency apprehended the senior ED official, Chintan Raghuvanshi, a 2013-batch Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, after he demanded a bribe of Rs 2 crore from an Odisha-based mining … Read more
New Delhi: The Belgian police have arrested diamond merchant Mehul Choksi, one of the two prime accused in the $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, people in the know told ET. Choksi was arrested on Saturday at the behest of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and is still in jail, they said. Indian investigating … Read more
Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aaditya Thackeray on Thursday dismissed the allegations against him in the Disha Salian case as an attempt to tarnish his reputation and said he would respond to them in court. His comments came a day after Satish Salian, father of Disha Salian—the former manager of late actor Sushant Singh Rajput—moved the … Read more