The Supreme Court quashed criminal proceedings against former Union Minister C K Jaffer Sharief in a corruption case involving alleged misuse of his official position in taking his four aides to London with him. A bench headed by Justice P Sathasivam scrapped it saying there is no evidence against Sharief to establish that he or his [ Read More ]
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Virbhadra Singh to appear in court in graft caseIn what is being seen as a setback to former union minister and chief minister Virbhadra Singh just ahead of assembly polls, the Himachal Pradesh High Court Friday directed him to face trial in a lower court next week. Allowing Virbhadra Singh, who has been booked under the Prevention of Corruption Act along with his [ Read More ] Ex senior govt Officer gets four-year jail for forgeryA former senior official of the Department of Higher Education has been sentenced to four years in jail for submitting forged bills by a court which said that corruption by a public servant is “most serious” in a democratic society. The court also imposed a fine of Rs one lakh on convict Dr Ram Krishna [ Read More ] Ex-CWC official gets four-year jail term in graft caseA special court has awarded a four-year jail term to a senior official of the Central Water Commission (CWC) in a funds misappropriation case. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special Judge Dharmesh Sharma, in a recently pronounced order, awarded the jail term to former deputy director of CWC J.P. Sharma, for allegedly hatching a [ Read More ] Graft case : Former Delhi judge awarded 3-year jailA special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court on Saturday awarded a 3-year jail term to a former judge in a 26-year-old graft case. Special CBI judge VK Maheshwari sentenced former judge Gulab Tulsiyani to undergo three years’ rigorous imprisonment and slapped a fine of Rs 50,000 on him. Tulsiyani, while holding the post of [ Read More ] Former BJP chief Bangaru convicted for taking bribeFormer Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Bangaru Laxman was convicted by a Delhi court and taken into custody for accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer in a 10-year-old graft case. He was convicted by Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora. Laxman was taken into juidicial custody and arguments on sentencing will be heard Saturday. [ Read More ] Bangaru Laxman graft case : Court decision TodayA court here will Friday pronounce its verdict in a 10-year-old graft case against former Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman for allegedly accepting a bribe from a fake arms dealer. Additional Sessions Judge Kanwaljeet Arora had April 2 reserved his order in the case. The corruption charges were framed against Laxman May 2011 by [ Read More ] Court begins trial against Jaya Jaitley in defence dealA Delhi court Friday began the trial against former Samata Party president Jaya Jaitley and two others in a graft case for a purported defence deal. The case stems out of a sting operation, ‘Operation Westend’ aired by news portal Tehelka.com in January 2001. The CBI has alleged that the accused Jaya Jaitley, her former [ Read More ] CBI court allows Kalmadi to go to KazakhstanSacked CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi, facing trial in a games-related graft case, has been allowed by a Delhi court to visit Kazakhstan to attend a meeting of 73rd Asian Athletics Association Council. Besides Kalmadi, former OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot, co-accused in the case of illegally awarding contract for installing a Timing-Scoring-Result (TSR) [ Read More ] No relief for ex-railway minister in graft caseThe Delhi High Court Wednesday refused to grant a breather to former railways minister C.K. Jaffer Sharief in a corruption case and allowed the prosecution against him in a trial court. Sharief, facing a case for misusing his office when he was railways minister, moved the high court after special judge took cognizance of the [ Read More ] |
