A strong view of the slow pace of the CBI’s investigation has taken by the Gujarat High Court in Ishrat Jehan fake encounter case of 2004. A division bench of Justices Jayant Patel and Abhilasha Kumari said, ”After going through the status report submitted before us, prima facie it looks like nothing substantial has been done [ Read More ]
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Courts act tough on politicians, terroristsCases involving corporates, politicians and terrorists engaged trial courts, which also advocated strong measures to deal with crime against women like the brutal gangrape of a 23-year-old student at the fag end of the year. There was national outrage over the gang-rape case even as the courts here on regular intervals asked lawmakers to explore [ Read More ] Income Tax officer gets five years in jail in graft caseA former Assistant Commissioner of Income tax convicted by the special CBI court for demanding and accepting bribe from an assessee and sentenced him to five years’ rigorous imprisonment. According to CBI, accused Rajeev Kumar demanded Rs 25,000 from the complainant in March 1998 to settle a tax claim for year 1995-1996. The CBI filed the [ Read More ] DA case: High Court dismisses Reddy’s bail pleaAs the Andhra Pradesh high court dashed Jaganmohan Reddy hopes by rejecting his statutory bail petition in connection with his alleged disproportionate assets case, YSR Congress party president YS Jaganmohan Reddy would have to stay away from Christmas celebrations. Justice B Seshasayana Reddy, who reserved his judgment on Thursday last after prolonged hearings, dismissed the bail petition of Jagan, [ Read More ] DA case: High Court dismisses Y S Jaganmohan Reddy’s bail pleaThe bail petition of YSR Congress chief YS Jaganmohan Reddy has been dismissed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court in connection with the case of alleged disproportionate assets involving him. Jagan earlier moved the High court contending that he is entitled to bail as a matter of right in view of the fact that the CBI [ Read More ] Chargesheet filed in spectrum case in NDA regimeA charge sheet has been filled by the CBI in connection with alleged irregularities in spectrum allocation during the NDA regime involving three telecom companies, including Bharti Airtel and Vodafone India, while pegging the loss at Rs 846 crore. The CBI in its charge sheet filed before Special CBI Judge O P Saini named as accused [ Read More ] Bhanwari Devi case: Court again rejects Malkhan’s bail pleaA local court again rejected bail application of former Congress MLA Malkhan Singh Bishnoi, an accused in the Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case. Turning down his petition seeking bail on health grounds, ACJM (SC/ST cases) Girish Kumar Sharma accepted arguments of CBI counsel opposing the plea citing evidences of Malkhan’s involvement in the case. [ Read More ] Retired bureaucrat jailed for amassing illegal wealthA 72-year-old former MD at Khadi Gram Udyog was on Wednesday given a five-year jail term and fined Rs10 lakh by a Delhi court for possessing disproportionate assets of over Rs52 lakh. CBI special judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma handed down the jail term to S Malaichamy, an IAS officer of 1971 batch (AGMU cadre), who [ Read More ] 2G case undertrials move SC against its bench ordersSwan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa and others accused on Monday moved the Supreme Court against the order of its bench which had stayed proceedings on all petitions relating to the 2G spectrum case before the Delhi High Court. They sought staying of the April 11, 2011 and November 9, 2012 orders of a special [ Read More ] |
