New Delhi: The Supreme Court has stayed trial court proceedings in a criminal defamation case against Congress leader Shashi Tharoor over a “scorpion sitting on a Shivling” remark made about Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2018. A bench comprising justices Hrishikesh Roy and R Mahadevan noted that the remark by Tharoor was not his original … Read more
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was “party to the criminal conspiracy” of the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Excise Policy since the beginning, the CBI has alleged in its latest supplementary charge sheet in the case. Concluding its probe with the submission of the fifth and final charge sheet in the case, the Central Bureau … Read more
Hyderabad: The Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers’ Rights Authority (PPV&FRA) has been slammed for ignoring farmers, farmers’ organizations and organizations working to protect farmers’ rights, in the “special awareness session on enforcement of the intellectual property rights in seeds” they co-hosted in Hyderabad on Friday. In a letter addressed to Dr Trilochan Mohapatra, Chairperson, … Read more
Is there any restraint order on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal performing his duties from jail? the Supreme Court asked the Delhi government on Friday after it was informed that files pertaining to remission of sentences of eligible convicts were getting delayed for want of his signature. Remission is the cancellation or reduction of a … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to list for an early hearing the appeal of US-based creditor Glas Trust Company LLC against a judgment of the NCLAT, which had stayed insolvency proceedings against ed-tech firm BYJU’s and approving its Rs 158.9 crore dues settlement with the BCCI. A bench comprising Chief Justice D … Read more
Former ICICI Bank Managing Director and CEO Chanda Kochhar- IANS New Delhi: The Supreme Court will hear on Friday a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) against a decision of the Bombay High Court releasing former ICICI Bank chief Chanda Kochhar on bail in the alleged Videocon loan fraud case. A bench … Read more
The Supreme Court has reserved its verdict on pleas filed by Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal seeking bail and challenging his arrest by CBI for his alleged involvement in the Delhi excise policy case. Senior lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, appearing for Kejriwal, said his arrest was nothing but an “insurance arrest”, implying that CBI arrested him … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked the Sahara Group to apprise it of its officials at the helm and the current shareholders besides the list of unencumbered properties which can be sold to realise Rs 10,000 crore. The amount has to be deposited in SEBI-Sahara refund account for returning the investors’ money. In … Read more
New Delhi: The Supreme Court has directed the registrar general of the Madras High Court to furnish a report following a claim by the Central Bureau of Investigation that a Madras High Court judge passed a single line order in its case but made the detailed order available after he demitted office. A division bench … Read more
Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached a nearly ₹10 lakh fixed deposit of an accused in the alleged leak of medical entrance exam question paper, people in the know said. The agency had launched a probe under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act based on an FIR registered by CBI. It had issued summons to some … Read more
