Ashram deaths: Asaram Bapu, son summoned

As The Supreme Court refused to order a CBI probe into death of two children at Asaram Bapu’s ashram here, a commission probing the 2008 case ordered the religious guru and his son to appear before it. The Justice (retired) D K Trivedi Commission asked Asaram Bapu to remain present before it on December 1,  [ Read More ]

Tatra Scam: CBI opposes Vectra’s chief foreign trip

Vectra company chief Ravi Rishi visit to the United Kingdom for medical treatment for various ailments has been opposed by the CBI in the Supreme court on Tuesday. Division bench of Justices Altamas Kabir and J. Chelameswar heard  the case. In submission from CBI Additional Solicitor General Haren Raval asserted that the investigating agency was  [ Read More ]

No sanction needed for cognisance of charge sheet: CBI

CBI on Monday said the special court, hearing the Adarsh Society scam, did not need a government sanction to take cognisance of the charge sheet filed against former Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan.  The agency’s statement came upon a query by the special CBI court. Special Public Prosecutor Ejaz Khan argued that no sanction was  [ Read More ]

Army chief General V.K. Singh : Tejinder moves Supreme Court for CBI probe

Lt Gen (retd) Tejinder Singh Wednesday moved the Supreme Court seeking a CBI probe into the role of Army chief General V.K. Singh into the alleged incident in which the Army was reported to be spying on Ministry of Defence (MoD) officials. Lt Gen Tejinder Singh was accused by Gen. V.K. Singh of offering him  [ Read More ]

NCW says women molested in Bhatta-Parsaul, seeks CBI probe

Backing Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi’s claim that women were molested in Uttar Pradesh’s Bhatta-Parsaul village, the National Commission for Women (NCW) Saturday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the matter. “Our team recently went to Bhatta-Parsaul village where they claimed to have seen the bones of human beings. We have prepared  [ Read More ]

Apex court to hear plea seeking CBI probe into Batcha’s death

The Supreme Court will Thursday hear an application seeking a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the death of Sadiq Batcha , who had been questioned by the investigating agency in the 2G spectrum scam. An apex court bench of Justices G.S. Singhvi and Asok Kumar Ganguly said it would hear the matter after  [ Read More ]

Raja, Balwa’s CBI custody extended

Former Telecom Minister A. Raja was on Monday sent to Central Bureau of Investigation custody for three more days by a Delhi court which also extended the custody of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa for four more days in the 2G spectrum case after the investigation agency said it wanted to confront them on  [ Read More ]