{"id":54561,"date":"2018-10-28T14:27:11","date_gmt":"2018-10-28T08:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=54561"},"modified":"2018-10-28T14:27:22","modified_gmt":"2018-10-28T08:57:22","slug":"court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai","title":{"rendered":"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"251\" height=\"201\" data-attachment-id=\"54562\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai\/upendra-rai\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"251,201\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"upendra rai\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?resize=251%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-54562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?w=251&amp;ssl=1 251w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?resize=125%2C100&amp;ssl=1 125w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 251px) 100vw, 251px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\n\nA Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additional Sessions judge Rakesh Syal, who is likely to pronounce the order on Rai&#8217;s bail plea on November 1, said there was enough evidence to proceed on the ED&#8217;s supplementary charge sheet accusing the scribe of laundering around Rs 23 crore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ED&#8217;s charge sheet, filed by special public prosecutors N K Matta and Nitesh Rana, has sought his prosecution for money laundering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the proceedings, the ED handed over the copy of the charge sheet to Rai, after which the court fixed the next date of hearing on November 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an earlier charge sheet in the case, the ED had alleged that Rai projected over Rs 29 crore worth of properties, which he generated through &#8220;blackmail&#8221; and &#8220;extortion&#8221; as a scribe, as untainted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Delhi-based journalist was arrested by the agency for alleged money laundering, punishable under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It had said that Rai was a journalist, who crafted leverage out of his access to government offices as a mediaperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The agency further said Rai used the &#8220;ill-gotten&#8221; money to acquire various movable and immovable properties in his or in the name of his family members, in his personal and travel expenses, and also used it to repay loans taken from financial organisations to acquire various properties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rai was arrested on June 8 by the ED under the PMLA at the Tihar jail here, moments after he secured bail in a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) case related to alleged extortion and dubious financial transactions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ED had registered the money laundering case against him based on the CBI FIR related to alleged extortion and dubious financial transactions.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case. Additional Sessions judge Rakesh Syal, who is likely to pronounce the order on Rai&#8217;s bail plea on November 1, said there was enough evidence to proceed on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":54562,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1954],"tags":[43611,43612,300,43614,42520,43613],"class_list":["post-54561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-high-profile-cases","tag-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai","tag-enforcement-directorate-ed-against-jailed-journalist-upendra-rai","tag-money-laundering-case","tag-special-public-prosecutors-n-k-matta","tag-upendra-rai","tag-upendra-rai-in-a-money-laundering-case"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-28T08:57:11+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-10-28T08:57:22+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"251\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"201\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Legal India Admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\"},\"headline\":\"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-28T08:57:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-28T08:57:22+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai\"},\"wordCount\":312,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&ssl=1\",\"keywords\":[\"ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai\",\"Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai\",\"money laundering case\",\"special public prosecutors N K Matta\",\"Upendra Rai\",\"Upendra Rai in a money laundering case\"],\"articleSection\":[\"High Profile Cases\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai\",\"name\":\"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&ssl=1\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-28T08:57:11+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-10-28T08:57:22+00:00\",\"description\":\"A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/10\\\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&ssl=1\",\"width\":251,\"height\":201},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"High Profile Cases\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/category\\\/high-profile-cases\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"name\":\"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates\",\"description\":\"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\",\"alternateName\":\"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/sites\\\/2\\\/2018\\\/05\\\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/LegalindiaCom\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/Legal_india\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea\",\"name\":\"Legal India Admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Legal India Admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/legaliadmin\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.legalindia.com\\\/news\\\/author\\\/legal-india-admin\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","description":"A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","og_description":"A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai","og_site_name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","article_published_time":"2018-10-28T08:57:11+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-10-28T08:57:22+00:00","og_image":[{"width":251,"height":201,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Legal India Admin","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Legal India Admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai"},"author":{"name":"Legal India Admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea"},"headline":"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai","datePublished":"2018-10-28T08:57:11+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-28T08:57:22+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai"},"wordCount":312,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&ssl=1","keywords":["ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai","Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai","money laundering case","special public prosecutors N K Matta","Upendra Rai","Upendra Rai in a money laundering case"],"articleSection":["High Profile Cases"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai","name":"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai - Legal News India - Supreme Court &amp; High Court Updates","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&ssl=1","datePublished":"2018-10-28T08:57:11+00:00","dateModified":"2018-10-28T08:57:22+00:00","description":"A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a - Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&ssl=1","width":251,"height":201},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognisance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"High Profile Cases","item":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Court takes cognisance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","name":"Legal News India - Supreme Court & High Court Updates","description":"Get the latest legal news from the Supreme Court, High Courts, and government. Essential updates on judgements, acts, and in-depth analysis for lawyers, advocates, and law students in India.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#organization","name":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates","alternateName":"Legal News India for Advocates, Lawyers & Law Students","url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/538552_367793346590451_81997783_n.jpg?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"Legal News India: Supreme Court, High Courts & Govt Updates"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/LegalindiaCom\/","https:\/\/x.com\/Legal_india"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/0bfdffe9059fb8bb24a86d094609c5ea","name":"Legal India Admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4faa9d728ed1af3b73d52225c7f12901ac726fe6f7ea0a3348a1d51f3a930987?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Legal India Admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.legalindia.com","https:\/\/x.com\/legaliadmin"],"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/author\/legal-india-admin"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/upendra-rai.jpeg?fit=251%2C201&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54585,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-takes-cognizance-of-fresh-ed-charge-sheet-against-upendra-rai","url_meta":{"origin":54561,"position":0},"title":"Court takes cognizance of fresh ED charge sheet against Upendra Rai","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"October 29, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"New Delhi:\u00a0A Delhi court on Saturday took cognisance of a fresh charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) against jailed-journalist Upendra Rai in a money laundering case. Additional Sessions judge Rakesh Syal, who is likely to pronounce the order on Rai's bail plea on November 1, said there was\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":53173,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/hc-sought-response-of-journalist-arrested-by-cbi","url_meta":{"origin":54561,"position":1},"title":"HC sought response of journalist, arrested by CBI","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"June 19, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"New Delhi:\u00a0The Delhi High Court today sought the response of journalist Upendra Rai, arrested by the CBI for his alleged involvement in dubious financial transactions, on a plea seeking cancellation of his bail. Justice A K Chawla issued notice to the scribe and sought his stand by July 6 on\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Corporate Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Corporate Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/corporate-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/78196-cksmctmiys-1515053438.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/78196-cksmctmiys-1515053438.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/78196-cksmctmiys-1515053438.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/78196-cksmctmiys-1515053438.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/06\/78196-cksmctmiys-1515053438.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":52742,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/supreme-court-refuses-to-pass-any-order-on-promotion-of-ed-official","url_meta":{"origin":54561,"position":2},"title":"Supreme Court refuses to pass any order on promotion of ED official","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 11, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"The Supreme Court today refused to pass an order regarding the promotion of an Enforcement Directorate officer probing the Aircel-Maxis deal case, who has claimed that frivolous complaints filed against him was deterring the department to promote him. The official, Rajeshwar Singh, has alleged that due to such false allegations\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/05\/sc.jpg?fit=1200%2C630&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":46907,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/court-fixes-feb-27-consideration-charge-sheet","url_meta":{"origin":54561,"position":3},"title":"Court fixes Feb 27 for consideration of charge sheet","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"February 8, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"A special court today fixed February 27 for consideration of charge sheet against LIC agent Anand Chauhan in a money laundering case allegedly involving Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh. \"Advocate for the accused seeks one more adjournment for scrutinising the documents. Request allowed. Put up the matter for February\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;High Profile Cases&quot;","block_context":{"text":"High Profile Cases","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/high-profile-cases"},"img":{"alt_text":"Court fixes Feb 27 for consideration of charge sheet","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2016\/07\/th-249x300.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":56226,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/chopper-scam-delhi-court-to-pass-order-on-sushen-guptas-bail-plea-on-jun-1","url_meta":{"origin":54561,"position":4},"title":"Chopper scam:  Delhi Court to pass order on Sushen Gupta&#8217;s bail plea on Jun 1","author":"Legal India Admin","date":"May 29, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"New Delhi : A Delhi court will pronounce on June 1 its order on whether to grant bail to Sushen Mohan Gupta, an alleged defence agent arrested in the money laundering case related to the AgustaWestland VVIP choppers scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar reserved order after hearing arguments from the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Court, Judiciary &amp; Legal System&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Court, Judiciary &amp; Legal System","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/court-judiciary-legal-system"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/05\/download-2019-05-29T043432.664.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":45985,"url":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/aircel-maxis-case-courts-order-charge-dec-19","url_meta":{"origin":54561,"position":5},"title":"Aircel-Maxis case: Court&#8217;s order on charge on Dec 19","author":"Legal India News","date":"December 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"A special court will on December 19 pronounce its order on the issue of 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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Top Law News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Top Law News","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/category\/top-law-news"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/call-drops.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/call-drops.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2015\/12\/call-drops.jpg?fit=600%2C450&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6H5Bf-ec1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}