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High Profile Cases

High Profile Cases

Kejri gets bail in false affidavit case

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A Delhi court today granted bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case of allegedly giving false information in an affidavit filed in the run up to 2013 Assembly polls. Metropolitan Magistrate Ashish Gupta granted the relief to Kejriwal, who appeared in court in pursuance to its direction, on a personal bond of Rs […]

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Court’s order on S P Tyagi’s bail plea on Dec 26

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A special court today decided to pronounce its order next week on the bail plea of former IAF chief S P Tyagi and two others, arrested in AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case, after hearing arguments of the CBI and the accused on the issue. Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar also reserved its order on the […]

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2016: Kejriwal, Mallya, Kanhaiya – newsmakers in Delhi courts

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The year saw trial courts here dealing with high-profile cases involving Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and liquor baron Vijay Mallya while the attack on JNU student leader Kanhaiya Kumar by men in black robes also made news. The image of the judiciary was dented when a woman judge was trapped by CBI for allegedly […]

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TMC MP Kunal Ghosh’s interim bail extended

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The Calcutta High Court today extended interim bail to suspended Trinamool Congress MP Kunal Ghosh in connection with cases over his alleged involvement in the multi-crore Saradha chit fund scam. A division bench comprising justices Ashim Kumar Roy and M M Banerjee extended bail Ghosh till January 10, 2017, while fixing the next date for […]

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Ex-coal secretary, others put on trial in coal scam case

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Former Coal Secretary H C Gupta, facing prosecution in coal scam cases, was today put on trial by a special court along with four others including two public servants for alleged offences of cheating and criminal conspiracy in the JICPL case. Besides Gupta, Special CBI Judge Bharat Parashar also framed charges against senior public servants […]

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Sajjan Kr gets anticipatory bail in a 1984 riots case

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Congress leader Sajjan Kumar was today granted anticipatory bail in a 1984 anti-Sikh riots case by a Delhi court which directed him to cooperate in the probe and not influence witnesses. Additional Session Judge Vikas Dhull, while granting relief to the former MP on a personal bond of Rs one lakh and a surety of […]

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Tyagi, 2 others seek bail in VVIP chopper scam case

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Former IAF chief S P Tyagi today sought bail from a special court on the ground that there was no apprehension of him fleeing from justice as all evidences in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam case were documentary in nature and have already been seized by the CBI. “Please let me (Tyagi) go home,” Tyagi’s […]

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AIADMK in HC for quashing plea to prevent Sasikala from becoming Gen Secy

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AIADMK today filed a petition in the Madras High Court seeking quashing of the plea by expelled AIADMK MP Sasikala Pushpa and her husband to restrain the ruling party from appointing former chief minister Jayalalithaa’s aide V K Sasikala as party General Secretary. The petition was filed by AIADMK Presidium Chairman E Madhusudanan. Justice K […]

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‘Tandoor’ murder convict seeks parole, HC asks govt to respond

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Delhi High Court today sought the response of Delhi government on a plea filed by former youth Congress leader Sushil Sharma, who is undergoing life term in the 1995 sensational Tandoor murder case, seeking parole for a period of six months to take care of his ailing parents. Justice Vipin Sanghi issued notice to the […]

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Defamation case: HC to hear Kejriwal’s plea on Feb 16

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Delhi High Court today decided to hear Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea seeking quashing of a defamation complaint filed against him by former Union Minister Kapil Sibal’s lawyer son Amit Sibal in February. Kejriwal’s counsel referred to the November 17 order of the Supreme Court, which had remanded the matter back to the Delhi High […]

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Justice J S Khehar appointed next CJI

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Justice Jagdish Singh Khehar, who led the five-judge constitution bench in the Supreme Court which had struck down the controversial NJAC Act for appointment of judges, was today appointed as the next Chief Justice of India. Sources in the government said President Pranab Mukherjee has cleared his name and the notification is being issued shortly. […]

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Aircel-Maxis case: Court to pass order on charge

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A special court will pronounce on Thursday its order on framing charge against former Telecom Minister Dayanidhi Maran, his brother Kalanithi Maran and others in the Aircel-Maxis deal case lodged by CBI and the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Special Judge O P Saini, who was scheduled to pass the order today on framing of charge as […]

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