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Delhi Court Slams ED For Faulty PMLA Probe, Says ED Must Introspect Steps To Ensure Expeditious & Fair Investigations
While picking up holes in a “glaring case of faulty investigation” concerning money laundering, a Delhi Court has said that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) must introspect as to what steps are required to be taken by it for ensuring expeditious and fair investigation in all the cases.Special Judge (PMLA) Mohd. Farrukh of Rouse Avenue Courts said it may be ensured that there are...
UP Police Lodges FIR Against Unknown Persons After Woman Judge Allegedly Receives Death Threat
The Uttar Pradesh Police has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against unknown persons after a woman civil judge posted in Banda district filed a complaint stating that she had received a death threat via letter. The FIR, lodged under Sections 506 (criminal intimidation) and 467 (forgery of valuable security) of the Indian Penal Code, alleges that the woman judge received...
ED Acting Like Persecuting Agency, A Summons A Day Keeps It Happy: K Kavitha To Delhi Court
BRS leader K Kavitha, presently in judicial custody in the liquor policy case, on Monday told a Delhi Court that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) is acting like a “persecuting agency” and that there is no fairness, or impartiality in its approach.Senior Advocate Abhishek Manu Singhvi was appearing for Kavitha before Special CBI judge Kaveri Baweja who was hearing her bail plea in the...
Madrassa Teacher Murder: Kerala Court Acquits 3 RSS Workers; Says No Proof To Establish Motive, Hatred Or Animosity Against Muslim Community
A Kerala Court on Saturday acquitted three RSS workers Ajesh (accused 1), Nidhin Kumar (accused 2) and Akhilesh (accused 3) in the murder of Madrasa Teacher Muhammad Riyas on March 20, 2017, in Muhayudheen Mosque in Madhur Grama Panchayath at old Choori in Kudlu village, Kasargod district.The prosecution case was that the murder was a motive-specific offence committed by the accused who were...
Court Denies Bail To Tahir Hussain In Delhi Riots Larger Conspiracy Case, Says His Acts May Fall In Definition Of Terrorist Act Under UAPA
A Delhi Court on Saturday denied bail to former Aam Aadmi Party Councillor Tahir Hussain in the UAPA case alleging a larger conspiracy into the 2020 North-East Delhi riots. Additional Sessions Judge Sameer Bajpai of Karkardooma Courts dismissed the bail plea of Tahir Hussain yesterday, observing that his acts may fall in the definition of terrorist act under UAPA. “In the case in hand,...
Kerala Court Acquits 3 RSS Workers In Madrasa Teacher Riyas Moulavi Murder Case
A Kerala Court in Kasargod acquitted three RSS workers, Nitinkumar, Ajesh and Akhilesh in the murder of thirty-four-year-old Madrasa teacher Mohammed Riyas.The District and Sessions judge, Kasargod K K Balakrishnan passed the verdict. Riyas Moulavi was murdered in Old Choori inside Old Juma Masjid allegedly by RSS workers on March 20, 2017Police had arrested 19-year-old Nitin, 20-year-old...
Bar Council Of Delhi's Vice Chairman, Secretary, Members Urge Union Home Minister Not To Implement Three Criminal Laws
The Vice Chairman, Secretary and two members of the Bar Council of Delhi (BCD) have written to Union Home Minister Amit Shah urging him not to implement the three criminal laws- Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya. The new laws will be enforced with effect from July 01, replacing the existing Indian Penal Code, Code of Criminal Procedure, and...
Judicial Inquiry Ordered Into Mukhtar Ansari's Death
A Chief Judicial Magistrate's court in Uttar Pradesh's Banda district has ordered a judicial inquiry into the death of Gangster-politician Mukhtar Ansari Mukhtar Ansari who died yesterday evening allegedly due to cardiac arrest, PTI reported.Banda Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) Bhagwan Das Gupta has appointed Garima Singh, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate (MP-MLA Court Banda) as the...
Gujarat Court Sentences Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt To 20 Years In Jail In 1996 Drug Planting Case
A Sessions court at Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district today sentenced former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt to 20 years in jail in the 1996 drug-planting case. He was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment under NDPS sections 21(c), 27A (punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders). A fine of Rs 2 lakh has also been imposed upon him. Additional sessions judge JN Thakkar...
Gujarat Court Convicts Ex-IPS Officer Sanjiv Bhatt In 1996 Drug-Planting Case
A Sessions court at Palanpur in Gujarat's Banaskantha district today CONVICTED former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in the 1996 drug-planting case. Additional sessions judge JN Thakkar found him guilty under Sections 21(c), 27A (punishment for financing illicit traffic and harbouring offenders), 29 (abetment and criminal conspiracy to commit offence under NDPS Act), 58 (1) and (2)...
All India Bar Examination (AIBE) 18 Results Declared By Bar Council Of India
The Bar Council of India (BCI) announced the All India Bar Examination (AIBE) XVIII (18) results yesterday on the official website allindiabarexamination.com. To access the results, a candidate has to enter the login details i.e. User ID and Password issued during registration for AIBE-XVIII.In a notification issued yesterday, the BCI has informed you that after the withdrawal of 7 Questions,...
Have Requested All CJs To Encourage VC In Courts: Law Minister Arjun Meghwal Responds To MP P. Wilson's Call To Mandate Virtual Courts
Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal recently requested the Chief Justices of all High Courts to encourage the use of video conferencing in court proceedings.Responding to the issue raised by MP P. Wilson in Rajya Sabha regarding "Mandatory functioning of Virtual courts along with Physical Courts across country", Meghwal said,“We are in broad agreement with the issue raised by you and it is...