A petition filed in the Patna high court for re-hearing a public suit on alleged financial irregularities of Rs 11,412 crore, with fingers pointed at chief minister Nitish Kumar and 46 others, has got the ruling Janata Dal-United (JD(U)) worried. The petition was filed on Monday, nearly nine months after the state high court stayed [ Read More ]
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Gulberg society killing: Accused face additional chargesThe Gujarat High Court has appointed additional sessions judge B. J. Dhandha as judge of the special court for the trial of the Gulberg Society massacre case of 2002. He replaces B. U. Joshi, who has been transferred to the sessions court in Himmatnagar. Mr. Joshi, along with about a dozen judicial officers, was shifted [ Read More ] CBI files charges against tainted judgeThe CBI today filed a chargesheet against Justice Nirmal Yadav and four others in the 2008 cash-at-judge’s-door scam, on a day when she is to demit office as a High Court judge. The chargesheet was filed in the court of Special CBI Judge Ritu Tagore here under various sections, including 120B of the IPC relating [ Read More ] Court pulls up lawyer facing contempt chargesPulling up a lawyer facing contempt of court proceedings, the Gujarat High Court has been directed him to remain present before it Jan 24. The bench comprising Justices A.M. Kapadia and B.N. Mehta directed Girish Das, in a suo motu contempt proceeding, to be present in court as he failed to do so during a [ Read More ] Court rejects Maudany’s plea to quash chargesThe Karnataka High Court Thursday rejected People’s Democratic Party head Abdul Nasir Maudany’s appeal to quash the charge-sheet against him in the 2008 Bangalore serial blasts case. “There is a prima facie case against him,” Judge Subhash Adi said, dismissing Maudany’s plea. The PDP leader is the 31st of the 32 people charge-sheeted for alleged [ Read More ] Rubabuddin charges Modi with contempt of apex courtRubabuddin Sheikh, the brother of staged-shootout victim Sohrabuddin Sheikh, Wednesday served a legal notice on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi charging him with contempt of the Supreme Court with his derogatory remarks against the CBI that is probing the case. The notice dated Aug 28 sought a response within a week whereafter he would take [ Read More ] Gangrape charges framed against two CBI menAmending its previous orders, a local court here Thursday framed gang-rape charges against two officials of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). Additional District and Sessions Judge Lalit Batra framed gang rape charges against CBI inspector Subhash Kundu and constable Mahender Singh. According to Chandigarh police officials, the two were booked in 2007 after a woman [ Read More ] |
