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ED to provide documents to Vadra's legal team within 5 days in money laundering case: Court
A Delhi court on Monday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to provide hard copies of documents to the legal team of Robert Vadra, the brother-in-law of Congress president Rahul Gandhi, within five days in connection with a money laundering case.The Patiala House court will hear at 2 pm Vadra's second application seeking stay on interrogation until the documents relating to the case were provided to him.Vadra does not need to join the interrogation by the ED till then, CBI Special Court Judge Arvind Kumar said.During the hearing, the ED filed soft copies, including a hard disk and CDs, in the court.Vadra's counsel KTS Tulsi alleged before the court that the agency wants to rush the case as elections are approaching.Vadra has moved two applications, one seeking documents from the ED and another stay on his questioning till all the documents were provided.On Saturday, he moved his second application seeking a direction to the agency for stay on the interrogation in the money ...
CJI Gogoi withdraws himself from hearing PIL
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi on Monday withdrew himself from a bench hearing a public interest litigation (PIL) against the usual practice of designating lawyers as "senior" advocates.The PIL was filed by the National Lawyers Campaign for Judicial Transparency and Reforms (NLCJTR).The NLCJTR is seeking a direction from the apex court that those lawyers who have 30 years of practice should be termed as seniors, besides pleading for other directions.
UP: Woman, 2 children found dead under mysterious circumstances in Agra
A woman along with her two children were found dead under mysterious circumstances in a house situated here.The police along with the neighbours found the bodies lying inside a bathroom of the house.Senior Superintendent of Police, Amit Pathak, said: "We broke open the door to get into the house. We found three bodies lying in a mysterious state. At the time of the incident, the husband was not present in the house."The three were declared brought dead by the medical centre, police added.The investigation into the matter is underway.
Journalist Priya Ramani gets bail in defamation case by M J Akbar
A Delhi court on Monday granted bail to journalist Priya Ramani on a personal bond of Rs 10,000 in a defamation case filed by former Union minister M J Akbar.The case against Ramani was filed by Akbar, who was Minister of State for External Affairs, after #MeToo allegations were levelled against him.Ramani appeared before Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal who granted her bail on a personal bond of Rs 10,000.The matter has been listed for further hearing on April 10.After the court proceedings, she claimed that "truth is her defence" and after the next date it will be her turn to tell her story."The next date is April 10 when the judge will frame charges against me, and after that it will be my turn to tell my story and truth is my defence," she told the media outside the court complex.Ramani, who was summoned by the court after counsel Geeta Luthra made a plea in this regard, was the first woman to accuse Akbar of sexual harassment during the #MeToo campaign.On ...
Trial of former Barca boss Rosell kicks off
Former Barcelona president Sandro Rosell went on trial Monday in Madrid for money laundering, Spain's National Court said. Rosell, his wife and four others are accused of "large-scale money laundering" of at least 19.9 million euros (USD 23 million) since 2006 relating to television rights and sponsorship in Brazil. Prosecutors at the Madrid-based National Court have called for the ex-Barca boss to be jailed for 11 years and fined 59 million euros. Rosell and his wife are accused of hiding money illegally obtained by Ricardo Teixeira, the former head of the Brazilian Football Confederation. Rosell, who has been in pre-trial custody since May 2017, had previously lived and worked in Brazil, where he forged numerous business links. The case centres on a deal signed by Teixeira in 2006 with a company based in the Cayman Islands for the television rights to 24 Brazil friendly matches. Altogether, Rosell and his wife allegedly received close to 15 million euros in their accounts as part of
UP honour killing: Woman shot dead by brother over inter-caste affair
In a suspected case of honour killing, a 22-year-old woman was allegedly shot dead by her brother over an affair with a man from a different caste in Uttar Pradesh's Muzaffarnagar district on Monday, police said. Dhyani was shot dead by Adesh Kumar (25) in Bopada village after her family learnt about her affair with a man from a different caste, Station House Officer (SHO) Sanjiv Kumar said. The girl's family came to know about the relationship when around four days ago the couple lodged a police complaint of harassment in a restaurant by four men, he said. Police have arrested Adesh Kumar and a case of murder has been registered, the officer said. The pistol used in the crime has also been recovered from the accused and Dhyani's body has been sent for post-mortem, the officer added.
HC asks CBI whether businessman Sana needed for probe in case against Moin Qureshi
The Delhi High Court Monday directed the CBI to inform it whether a businessman against whom a look out circular (LOC) was issued in connection with a corruption case, involving meat exporter Moin Qureshi and the agency's ex-director A P Singh, was required for further investigation. Justice Najmi Waziri also asked the CBI the purpose of issuing LOC against Satish Babu Sana while observing that there cannot be an open LOC like this and the agency has to disclose what it wants to do. "You seek instructions as to what you want. Find out whether he is required for any further investigation," the court told CBI's counsel Sanjeev Bhandari. The court was hearing a plea by Sana seeking the quashing of an LOC issued against him despite the fact that he was appearing before the CBI every time he was summoned for questioning in the case. Senior advocates Salman Khurshid and Mohit Mathur, representing Sana, submitted that he has appeared before CBI in response to the notices a number of times ...
Court directs Vadra to appear before ED on Tuesday
A Delhi court on Monday directed Robert Vadra, brother-in-law of Congress President Rahul Gandhi, to join the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) investigation in connection with a probe into a money laundering case.
Bangladesh plane hijacker was 'listed criminal'
Police in Bangladesh on Monday said that the man who was shot dead after attempting to hijack a plane carrying 156 people using a toy gun, has been identified as a "listed criminal" as his name featured on the law enforcement database.
Maha power theft: 2 get 2 years in jail, fined over Rs 40 lakh
Two people running an engineering unit in Maharashtra's Thane district were found guilty of electricity theft and sentenced to two years in jail by a local court. District Judge P P Jadhav imposed a fine of Rs 35.85 lakh on unit owner Khalil Ahmed Navabali Subhedar and Rs 5.97 lakh on unit operator Anis Ahmed Shafiq Ahmad Khan. Additional Public Prosecutor Vivek Kadu said the power theft at the unit came to light following a raid by a team of the Maharashtra State Electricity Board on December 28, 2010. He said a foreign electronic circuit was installed in the meter to suppress the readings between March 2009 and November 2010 and this had led to power theft of 2.18 lakh units valued at Rs 20.91 lakh. A case was registered under Sections 135 and 138 of the Electricity Act, the additional public prosecutor.
Man held transporting liquor illegally in Greater Noida
A man was arrested in Greater Noida early Monday for allegedly illegally transporting over 8,000 pints of liquor meant for sale in Arunachal Pradesh, police said. He was held around 1 am on the Yamuna Expressway near the Peripheral Expressway and his canter truck, carrying 175 cartons (8,400) pints of liquor, was impounded, the police said. "The seized liquor is estimated to be worth Rs 3.50 lakh in the market," a police official said. The accused has been identified as Arjun Singh, in his 30s, who is a native of Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri district, the official said. A case has been registered against him at the Dankaur police station under various sections of the Excise Act, the police said. The action comes two days after the Gautam Buddh Nagar police seized 25,500 litres of illicit liquor from a godown in Greater Noida in one of the biggest such recoveries in the state. Ten people were arrested on February 23 during the seizure of the illegal liquor which was estimated worth Rs 1 ...
Three of family found dead in UP's Balrampur
Three members of a family were found dead and another was seriously injured at their house in Balrampur district of Uttar Pradesh, police said Monday. They were sleeping in their house in Jogiyapur village when some unidentified persons killed them with sharp-edged weapons Sunday night, Superintendent of Police Anurag Arya said. The deceased were identified as house owner Jagram (55), his son Raju (25) and daughter Lilawati (20) while his daughter-in-law Nirmal Devi (22) was seriously injured and has been admitted to hospital, the SP said. The bodies have been sent for post-mortem, he said. Three police teams have been constituted to work out the case and help from forensic experts is also being taken, the SP added.
VVIP Chopper case: Delhi court grants bail to Rajeev Saxena
A Delhi court Monday granted bail to Rajeev Saxena, who was arrested in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland money-laundering case. Special Judge Arvind Kumar granted the relief to Saxena on furnishing a bail bond of Rs 5 lakh and two sureties of the like amount. The court also imposed certain conditions on Saxena and said he will not tamper with evidence and join investigation as and when called. The court further said Saxena should not leave the country without its permission. Saxena, a director of two Dubai-based firms - UHY Saxena and Matrix Holdings, is one of the accused named in the charge sheet filed by ED in the AgustaWestland case. Christian Michel, the alleged middleman in the deal, former AgustaWestland and Finmeccanica directors Giuseppe Orsi and Bruno Spagnolini, former Air Force chief SP Tyagi and Saxena's wife Shivani have also been named by the agency in the charge sheet. On January 1, 2014, India had scrapped the contract with Finmeccanica's British subsidiary ...
No relief for Sharif as Pak court rejects bail plea in corruption case
A court in Pakistan rejected the bail application of deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif on Monday, refusing to grant him relief on medical grounds in a corruption case. The reasons will be given in a detailed judgment to be issued later. Sharif, 69, has been serving a seven-year jail term in Lahore's Kot Lakhpat jail in the Al-Azizia Steel Mills corruption case. The Islamabad High Court's two-member bench comprising Justice Aamer Farooq and Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani announced that the bail application was "dismissed". Several leaders of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) including former prime minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and former foreign minister Khawaja Asif were present inside the court when the verdict was announced. "We are disappointed by the decision because different panels diagnosed the disease (of Sharif) and recommended treatment. But we accept the verdict and will explore more forums to get a remedy," Abbasi told reporters after the verdict. Asif said "we will go .
Court asks CBI to appoint special public prosecutor in Muzaffarpur shelter home case
A Delhi court Monday directed the CBI to appoint within two days a special public prosecutor in the Muzaffarpur shelter home sexual assault case. Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Kulshrestha Delhi posted the matter for hearing on February 27. The Supreme Court had on February 7 ordered that the shelter home sexual assault case be transferred from Bihar to a Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) court at Saket district court complex here, which would conclude the trial within six months. Several girls were allegedly raped and sexually abused at an NGO-run shelter home in Muzaffarpur and the issue had come to light following a report by the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).
Trinamool youth leader shot dead in Bengal
A Trinamool Congress youth leader was shot dead in West Bengal's Murshidabad district on Monday, police said.
Two held for graft in Rajasthan
A sarpanch and an assistant sub inspector of police were arrested by the AntiCorruption Bureau in separate cases of graft in Rajasthan on Monday, officials said. The sarpanch of Kurada Gram Panchayat in Nagaur district, Jagdish Prasad, was caught while allegedly taking a bribe of Rs. 10,000 from one Gajendra Kumar for making him a beneficiary in the Pradhanmantri Awas Yojna. In Sawaimadhopur district, ASI Dashrath Lal of Bonli Police Station was caught while allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs. 5,000 from Sampat Lal Meena. He had allegedly demanded the bribe for removing certain sections of IPC in a case lodged against his brother-in-law and nephew and for not seeking police remand for them. Both of them were arrested under the Prevention of Corruption Act, according to an ACB official.
Police registers case after Election Commission asks it to track down those spreading fake news
Delhi police has registered a case after the Election Commission (EC) asked it to track down those who were spreading "fake news" that NRI's can cast their vote online during the forthcoming Lok Sabha, officials said Monday. "Based on the complaint of the EC, a case was registered on Friday," Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (New Delhi) said adding that the matter will be probed by its Cyber cell. The EC had filed the complaint on Friday. Asking the police to investigate the matter, the EC had said its logo was being used on social media to "mislead" people. The Commission said the "fake news" violated IPC's section 505 which pertains to rumour mongering and attempts to spread alarm among people. On January 31, a 21-year-old man was arrested by the Cyber cell for allegedly publishing fake news about the 2019 Lok Sabha polls on his website.
Court directs ED to provide Vadra documents seized in raids
A Delhi court on Monday directed the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to provide Robert Vadra within five days hard copies of documents recovered in raids at his properties in connection with a money laundering case.
SC judge recuses himself from hearing Sajjan Kumar bail application
Supreme Court Judge Sanjiv Khanna on Monday recused himself from hearing the bail application of convict Sajjan Kumar, a former Congress leader, in 1984 anti-Sikh riot case.Now the matter will be listed before another bench of the Supreme Court for a detailed hearing in the case.In January 2019, the three times MP had moved Supreme Court challenging his conviction. The apex court had issued a notice to CBI seeking its response on the plea.On December 17 last year, the Delhi High Court convicted Kumar in the killing of five members of a family in Raj Nagar and the torching of a gurdwara in Delhi on November 1, 1984.Two weeks after Kumar was awarded life sentence by the court in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots case, the Congress leader surrendered at the Karkardooma District Court.