New Delhi: Reiterating that bail is the rule and jail exception even in cases under stringent statutes, the Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to former Tamil Nadu minister Senthil Balaji who was arrested by Enforcement Directorate in an alleged cash-for-jobs scam. A bench of justices AS Oka and Augustine George Masih said that at … Read more
A local court on Wednesday dismissed a plea filed by Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking interim bail for seven days on health grounds.The court observed that extensive poll campaigning and meetings held by Kejriwal during the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls show that he was not suffering from any serious or life threatening ailments. … Read more
Ranchi: The Rs 32.2 crore cash seized from the Ranchi-based premise of the domestic help of a secretary of Jharkhand minister Alamgir Alam “pertains” to the lawmaker and he enjoyed a fixed commission of 1.5 per cent from every tender executed in his department, the ED alleged on Thursday. The federal agency made this claim … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday verbally asked Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal why he has not moved an application seeking bail. A bench, comprising justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta, asked this during the hearing of Kejriwal’s plea seeking release and challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in the Delhi excise case.Speaking for the … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has made four fresh arrests in connection with the alleged illegal land grab-linked money laundering case against former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren and others, official sources said on Wednesday. Those taken into custody under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) have been identified as Antu Tirkey, … Read more
New Delhi, A Delhi court on Friday granted interim bail to three accused in a money laundering case linked to an alleged Chinese visa scam also involving Congress MP Karti Chidambaram. Special judge for ED and CBI cases Kaveri Baweja granted the relief to Karti Chidambaram’s former chartered accountant S Bhaskararaman, besides Vikas Makharia and … Read more
A special PMLA court on Wednesday extended the Enforcement Directorate (ED) remand of former chief minister Hemant Soren by five days in a money laundering case linked to an alleged land scam, lawyers said. The former chief minister on February 2 was remanded to five days’ ED custody by the special PMLA (The Prevention of … Read more
