The Chinese legal community’s latest discussion about standards for the death penalty come after a court in Inner Mongolia autonomous region upheld the death sentence of a local official who pleaded guilty to pocketing more than 3 billion yuan (US$422 million) in total. On August 27, Inner Mongolia’s regional high court dismissed an appeal by … Read more
Ke had been working for the CCAFC’s 9958 Rescue Centre, which arranges emergency aid for critically ill children. He was detained and the case has since been handed over to prosecutors, the ministry said on Tuesday. The case had exposed management issues at the charity, the ministry said, noting that investigations had also revealed activities … Read more
Responding to the criticism made by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal regarding the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), Union Home Minister Amit Shah asserted that the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) supremo’s outburst stemmed from his party’s alleged exposure in corruption cases and said if he is concerned about national security that he must talk about Bangladeshi … Read more
To ensure speedy disposal of corruption cases against legislators, a local court here has made it clear that it will not adjourn them beyond a week. The special court has started giving weekly dates so that there is no delay in final adjudication of the cases. Following the court’s direction, hearing of IRCTC and land-for-jobs … Read more
