Excise Policy case: Big setback to Sisodia, HC dismisses bail plea

May 22, 2024

In a Significant Judgement the Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the bail petitions filed by Aam Aadmi Party leader and former Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Manish Sisodia, in liquor policy cases. Arvind had sought bail in cases being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the...

SC adjourns Soren’s bail plea, hearing continue today

May 22, 2024

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday opposed former Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren’s plea seeking interim bail for the elections. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court asked Soren’s lawyer whether his arrest could be challenged after a trial court took cognizance of the chargesheet filed in a money laundering case against him in...

Court sentences two to death for girl’s rape

May 21, 2024

A POCSO (Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act) court in Rajasthan’s Bhilwara district on Monday sentenced two men to death for raping and burning alive a minor girl in a coal furnace last year. Special Public Prosecutor Mahaveer Singh Kishnawat.stated, “Kalu and Kanha were awarded the death penalty by...

SC notice to ED on Soren’s bail Plea

May 18, 2024

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on a plea by former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren seeking interim bail in a money-laundering case, enabling him to campaign in the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta also instructed the...

‘Slapped multiple times, hit on stomach’

May 18, 2024

The FIR filed by the Delhi police, based on a complaint by Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal against an aide of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, reveals shocking details of the alleged incident. According to the FIR, Maliwal alleges that Arvind Kejriwal's Personal Secretary, Bibhav Kumar,...

SC reserves judgement on CM’s plea challenging arrest by ED

May 18, 2024

The Supreme Court has reserved its judgment on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise scam. The bench, comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, heard arguments from senior advocate Abhishek Singhvi and...

Excise Policy: ED files chargesheet against AAP and Arvind Kejriwal

May 18, 2024

This is the eighth chargesheet filed by the probing agency in the money-laundering in which 18 people have been arrested so far. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a Prosecution Complaint (chargesheet) against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) and Arvind Kejriwal in connection with a money laundering case related to...

HC seeks CBI response on BRS Leader Kavitha’s Bail Plea

May 17, 2024

The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued a notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a bail plea by BRS leader Kalvakuntla Kavitha’s in a corruption case linked to the alleged excise policy scam. A bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma sought the CBI’s stance on the plea...

Excise Policy: ED to File chargesheet against AAP

May 17, 2024

The Supreme Court was on Thursday informed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) that it intends to imminently file a prosecution complaint (chargesheet against) against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in a money laundering case linked to the purported excise policy scam. Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the ED, conveyed...

Bail to Kejriwal: SC says no exception was made to anyone

May 17, 2024

A day after Union home minister Amit Shah said the Supreme Court order granting bail to AAP national convenor and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal not a routine judgement, the apex court on Thursday said it did not make any exception to anybody. These remarks were made during the hearing...