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HC seeks Centre's response on PIL to include 'Dharma' in school syllabus

The bench of Justice Satish Chander Sharma and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela after noting down the submissions, issued notice to all respondents and listed the matter for January 2024

Delhi court to hear defamation case against Rajasthan CM Gehlot on Nov 20

A Delhi court will hear arguments on Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat's defamation complaint against Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on November 20. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal on Friday adjourned the matter after the court was informed that the complainant's counsel, senior advocate Vikas Pahwa, was not available to make the submissions. "It is informed that the senior advocate Pahwa is engaged in a different matter, pass over is requested till 12:30 PM. Objected by senior advocate, Ramesh Gupta (appearing for Gehlot) on account that he too is engaged at that time. No other time is agreeable by both the parties. In view of the impasse, the matter is adjourned to November 20 and 21, 2023... Date and time are given as per the convenience of both the parties," the judge said. While Gehlot appeared in the hearing through video conferencing, Shekhawat's counsel sought exemption for him from personal appearance for the day, which was ...

NewsClick row: Court sends Purkayastha, Chakravarty to judicial custody

The Additional Sessions Judge Dr Hardeep Kaur allowed the Delhi Police application and sent Prabir and Amit Chakravarty to Judicial custody till December 1, 2023

Delhi court to decide on ED charge sheet in case against PFI on Nov 6

A Delhi court will decide on November 6 whether to take cognisance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the ED against an accused in a money laundering case related to alleged terrorist activities also involving the banned Popular Front of India. Additional Sessions Judge Sachin Gupta, who was scheduled to deicide the report against Syed Mohd Kasim Ibrahim on Thursday, adjourned the matter, noting that the proceedings in the case were already listed before the court on November 6. Ibrahim is currently in judicial custody. On October 20, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed the prosecution complaint (agency's equivalent of a charge sheet) before ASJ Gupta who posted the matter for consideration on October 26. ED's Special Public Prosecutor N K Matta, along with advocate Mohd Faizan Khan, told the court there was sufficient evidence to prosecute the accused in the case. The case relates to alleged laundering of Rs 120 crore over several years. The Popular Front of India (PFI)

Newsclick Row: Court sends Purkayastha, Chakravarty to custody till Nov 2

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and human resources department head Amit Chakravarty to police custody till November 2 in a case lodged under the anti-terror law UAPA over allegations that the news portal received money to spread pro-China propaganda. The accused were produced in the court on the expiry of their 15-day judicial custody granted by it earlier. The police had requested the court on October 10 to send the accused persons to jail and had submitted that the agency could ask for their further custodial interrogation later. The police on Wednesday told the judge that it wanted to confront the accused with some protected witnesses and also some devices which were examined and the data that has been extracted. Advocate Arshdeep Singh Khurana, appearing for Purkayastha, opposed the police remand plea claiming that there was no new ground in the application. The Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested Purkayastha and Chakravarty on Octob

Court extends judicial custody of Purkayastha, Chakravarty till October 25

Purkayastha and Chakravarty were remanded for 10 days to judicial custody in the matter earlier by the court which ended on Friday

Delhi court allows accused in Rs 60,000 cr ponzi scam case to travel abroad

A Delhi court has allowed a man accused in a money laundering case related to the alleged Rs 60,000-crore ponzi scam involving the Pearls Group to travel abroad to explore educational institutions for his daughter. Special Judge Rajesh Kumar Goel allowed Hemant Patil to travel to Luzern and Zurich in Switzerland from October 14 to 22, noting that he was not arrested during the investigation and the supplementary complaint (ED's equivalent to a charge sheet) was filed against him without his arrest. Patil was granted bail on April 20 and the court had directed him not to leave the country without its permission. "There is nothing on record indicating that the accused ever tried to abscond even during the investigation or avoided his appearance before this court. Keeping in view the facts and circumstances of the present case and the submissions made, the present application stands allowed," the judge said. The application stated that Patil wished to travel along with his wife as the

Rs 2,435 cr fraud: Court allows accused to travel to research on Silk Route

A Delhi court has allowed former non-executive director of CG Power and Industrial Solutions, Omkar Goswami, an accused in an alleged Rs 2,435 crore bank fraud case, to travel abroad to carry out research for his article on 'Silk Route.' Special Judge Arvind Kumar allowed Goswami to travel to Uzbekistan from October 17, 2023 to November 1, 2023. The judge was told by the counsel appearing for Goswami that the accused was an economist by training and had considerable interest in the historical details, especially the 'Silk Route' and the cities along the path, such as Samarkand, Bukhara and Khiva and that he intended to write a research article on the 'Silk Route.' Khiva is home to an excellent library containing several detailed records not available anywhere else and for this reason, the applicant needs to pursue research for his article, the counsel said. In an order passed on September 25, the judge noted that the FIR was registered on June 22, 2021 and the accused had joined th

Akasa Air moves court for action against pilots not serving notice period

The fledgling Akasa Air has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a direction to the DGCA to take action against pilots who left the airline without serving the mandatory notice period. The airline, which operated its first commercial flight between Mumbai and Ahmedabad on August 7, 2022, has hit turbulence following the resignation of several pilots. It told the court it will have to cancel a large number of flights in September due to the resignations. The airline told Justice Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora the company was in a "state of crisis" because of these resignations and had to cancel multiple flights every day this month. The court has asked the parties to file their written synopsis in the matter and listed it for further hearing on September 22. The court also sought to know from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), represented by advocate Anjana Gosain, as to what action it takes in case flights have to be cancelled due to pilots' resignation. The airline

Court allows wrestler Bajrang Punia's exemption plea in defamation case

The Patiala House on August 3, 2023, issued a summons to Olympic medalist wrestler Bajrang Punia in a defamation case filed by Naresh Dahiya, a Wrestling coach

SpiceJet pays Rs 100 crore to Kal Airways and Maran towards arbitral award

Last month, the court had asked the airline to pay Rs 100 crore to Maran by September 10

Court reserves order on closure report on minor's complaint against Bhushan

A Delhi court will pass its order on October 6 on whether to accept Delhi Police's closure report in a sexual harassment complaint filed by a minor wrestler against former WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh. Additional Sessions Judge Chhavi Kapoor, who was scheduled to pass the order on Wednesday, adjourned the matter saying the order was not ready. Delhi Police had on June 15 filed a report before the court seeking cancellation of case by the minor wrestler.

Delhi court summons Kejriwal's wife after name appeared on 2 voting lists

A Delhi court has summoned Sunita Kejriwal, the wife of Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, for allegedly violating the law by getting herself enrolled in the voters list of two assembly constituencies. Metropolitan Magistrate Arjinder Kaur summoned Sunita Kejriwal as an accused on November 18 on an application moved by BJP leader Harish Khurana. The BJP leader has alleged in his complaint that the chief minister's wife has violated the provisions of the Representation of the People (RP) Act. After considering the testimony of complainant and other witnesses, this Court is of the considered opinion that prima facie case is made out against accused person namely Sunita Kejriwal, W/o Arvind Kejriwal, for the alleged commission of the offences punishable under section 31 of the Representation of Peoples Act, 1950. Hence, the accused be summoned accordingly, the judge said in an order passed on August 29. The offence attracts a maximum punishment of imprisonment for two years. Khurana cla

Delhi court gives 'no-objection' for renewal of Naveen Jindal's passport

A Delhi court has given its 'no-objection' for the renewal of the passport of Congress leader and industrialist Naveen Jindal, accused 'in a coal scam case. Special Judge Arun Bharadwaj, meanwhile, said that the order was only for no-objection, and not any direction to any authority for the renewal of the passport of Jindal. Having considered various judgments relied upon by the counsel for the applicant, this court deems it appropriate to grant no objection of this court for the renewal of passport of the accused with validity for its full term of ten years, the judge said in an order passed on September 2. Jindal is an accused in a case pertaining to alleged irregularities in the allocation of the Amarkonda Murgadangal coal block in Jharkhand. Both the CBI and the ED did not oppose the application. His passport is about to expire in May next year.

Court issues notice to Delhi police on plea of Sharjeel Imam seeking bail

The matter has been listed on September 11. The main matter is also listed on the next date of hearing

Prosecution pulled up for not submitting evidence in 2020 Delhi riots case

A court here has pulled up the prosecution for not submitting a video pertaining to the identification of the accused in connection with the 2020 northeast Delhi riots case. Additional Sessions Judge (ASJ) Pulastya Pramachala, hearing a case on Friday, said it was "unfortunate" that the prosecution was "befooling" the court. He also warned the investigating agency not to repeat such conduct in future. The matter pertains to a case registered by the Dayalpur police station against Mohammed Farooq and others where the court had asked the prosecution to submit a video for identification of the accused. It is unfortunate that till date, the Special Public Prosecutor and Sub-Inspector Rajiv (the Investigating Officer) have been befooling this court in the name of the pendency of this video and the report before FSL, without actually having any information in respect of the same. The same should not be repeated in future, the ASJ said in an order passed on Friday. He said the prosecution

Coal scam: Delhi court awards 3-yr jail term to ex-steel ministry official

A Delhi court on Tuesday awarded three-year jail term to a former official of the Ministry of Steel in a coal scam case related to alleged irregularities in the allocation of a coal block in Chhattisgarh. In the 14th sentence in the coal scam, Special Judge Arun Bhardwaj also imposed a fine of Rs five lakh on convict Gautam Kumar Basak, former executive secretary, JPC (Joint Plant Committee), Ministry of Steel, holding him guilty of corruption in the allocation of Vijay Central Coal Block. According to the prosecution, an allegation was made against Prakash Industries Ltd., which had applied for the coal block in January 2007, that it had furnished false information about its capacity. The ministry had directed Basak to ascertain the truth of the allegation. The steel ministry official, according to the prosecution, submitted a false report in 2008 supporting the claims made by the company. The company and its director were earlier discharged by Delhi High Court in the case. The C

Wrestlers' sexual harassment case: Delhi court to hear matter on Aug 26

A Delhi court will resume hearing on August 26 the arguments on whether to frame charges against former WFI chief and BJP MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh in an alleged sexual harassment case lodged against him by women wrestlers. The matter, which was scheduled to be taken up for hearing on Saturday, was adjourned for a week because the judge hearing it was on leave. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Harjeet Singh Jaspal had on July 20 granted bail to Singh, along with suspended Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) assistant secretary Vinod Tomar. The Delhi Police had filed a charge sheet against the six-time MP on June 15 under sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 354A (sexual harassment), 354D (stalking) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

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Delhi riots case: Court to hear arguments on charges against Umar, others

The first chargesheet was filed around three years ago, in September 2020