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Chopper case: SC to hear plea against Sonia,Manmohan next week

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The Supreme Court today said it will hear next week a PIL seeking registration of an FIR against political leaders, including Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, in connection with AgustaWestland Chopper case. A bench comprising Chief Justice T S Thakur and justices R Banumathi and U U Lalit ordered listing […]

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SC asks Sahara to furnish details of all properties

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The Supreme Court Wednesday directed the Sahara group to furnish details of all its properties in a sealed cover to ascertain whether the group could repay the entire amount to the investors. “We should know about the total assets of the Sahara group. What exactly is the extent of properties, we must know. Currently, 66 […]

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ED seeks to recall exemption given to Vijay Mallya

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The ED on Wednesday urged a Delhi court to recall its earlier order granting permanent exemption from personal appearance to liquor baron Vijay Mallya in a case for allegedly evading summons issued by the agency in connection with purported violation of foreign exchange rules. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) Sumit Dass, who was hearing final arguments […]

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SC orders assets details of Mallya family be given to banks

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The Supreme Court on Tuesday has decided to share liquor baron Vijay Mallya’s and his family members’ assets, including those in other countries, to the consortium of his lenders. The promoter of the failed Kingfisher Airlines, Mallya, has consistently argued that a non-resident Indian like him was not obliged to disclose information about his assets […]

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Mallya not cooperating in probe: Banks tell SC

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The consortium of banks today alleged in the Supreme Court that Vijay Mallya, who has been in United Kingdom, is not cooperating in the investigation of cases lodged against him and was averse to disclosing foreign assets. Further, in the rejoinder to the affidavit filed by the beleaguered businessman, the consortium said that disclosure of overseas […]

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Uttarakhand HC to hear rebel Cong MLAs’ petition tomorrow

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The Uttarakhand High Court will tomorrow resume the hearing on nine rebel Congress MLAs’ petition challenging their disqualification by the state Assembly Speaker. The nine legislators will present their contention before the single bench of Justice U C Dhyani, which had on Saturday recorded the arguments of counsel Kapil Sibal appearing for Speaker Govind Singh […]

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39 held for ‘jail bharo’ agitation by Patels get bail

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Thirty-nine people, who were arrested after the ‘jail bharo’ agitation by Patel community members turned violent last Sunday, have been granted conditional bail by a local court. The bail order was passed by the court of Principal District Judge Geeta Gopi yesterday. The 39 accused were granted bail on furnishing a bond of Rs 15,000 […]

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Coal scam: Accused seeks joint trial of 3 cases

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A businessman, facing prosecution in three separate coal block allocation scam cases, has approached a special court seeking joint trial in all of them saying the FIRs were “closely knitted” and the alleged offences pertained to same transaction. Businessman Manoj Kumar Jayaswal is accused in three cases pertaining to the alleged irregularities in allocation of […]

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Travesty of justice if Centre revokes President’s Rule now: Uttarakhand HC

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The Uttarakhand High Court today said it would be a travesty of justice if the Centre recalls its order imposing President’s rule and allows someone else to form a government now, strong words that came after its counsel was unable to give an undertaking till a verdict is given in the present case. Continuing its […]

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Hopefully Centre will not provoke us: U’Khand HC

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Adding to Centre’s discomfiture, the Uttarakhand High Court today issued a veiled warning, hoping it will not provoke the Court by revoking the President’s Rule imposed in the state till a verdict is delivered on the petition challenging its imposition. Earlier in the day, the court observed that the legitimacy of the President’s decision to suspend […]

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Prez decision is subject to judicial review:U’khand HC

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Legitimacy of the President’s decision to suspend Uttarakhand assembly is subject to judicial review as even he can go wrong, the Uttarakhand High Court observed today. Referring to the NDA government’s argument that the President took the decision to impose Article 356 of the Constitution in his “political wisdom”, a bench of Chief Justice K […]

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Delhi HC reserves order on Virbhadra Singh’s children plea

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Delhi High Court today reserved for April 26 its order on the plea filed by Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh’s two children challenging the ED’s provisional attachment order of some of their assets in connection with a money laundering case. A bench of Chief Justice G Rohini and Justice Jayant Nath, however, said the […]

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