New Delhi: Modifying a trial court order, the Delhi High Court on Tuesday said the Investigating Officer and the Public Prosecutor can interview the prosecution witnesses "before hand" in the Commonwealth Games-related graft case involving sacked Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi. Justice Kailash Gambhir said, "The order is modified to the extent that the duo can interview the prosecution witnesses before hand."
The court modified the trial court's March 14 order which had barred both Investigating Officer (IO) and Public Prosecutor (PP) from having access to the prosecution witnesses who are yet to be examined. The court also issued notices to Kalmadi and other accused in the case and sought their replies by July 12 on the CBI's plea challenging the special court's order.
During arguments, CBI Special Public Prosecutor Dayan Krishnan cited a Supreme Court ruling and said that PPs have the right to interview the witnesses to know what stand they have to adopt while recording of their statement. He also said that "by this order the (trial) court is facilitating witnesses to turn hostile."
In its plea, CBI informed the high court that so far 10 out of 64 prosecution witnesses have been examined in the day-to-day trial of the case. Kalmadi's counsel, however, argued that trial court had questioned the conduct of PP and alleged that some witnesses were seen in the company of IO and PP in the court on the date of their examination....
03:16 PM, May 14, 2013
Bangalore: BJP's star campaigner and Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday made a virulent attack on the Congress, especially on its vice president Rahul Gandhi, who he termed "a child born with a golden spoon", asking people never to vote for the party. "Even by mistake don't vote for the Congress as it will ruin Karnataka and the country. Say goodbye to the Congress by voting for our party's...
04:41 AM, Apr 29, 2013
Bangalore: In a scathing attack on ruling UPA, BJP leader Sushma Swaraj on Sunday accused the Congress-led government of being steeped in corruption and passing the blame on allies whenever it comes under attack for irregularities. "Congress sarkar ka bhrashtachar hawa, zameen aur pataal tak hai (The corruption by Congress govt has reached air, land and underworld)," Swaraj said at a BJP rally in Bangalore for the May five 2013...
03:20 AM, Apr 22, 2013
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday questioned sacked CWG organizing committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and recorded his statement in connection with its probe into alleged money laundering in the run up to the 2010 sporting extravaganza. The agency questioned Kalmadi for the second time in less than a month. He was questioned in a separate case of alleged forex violations on March 25 by the agency. Kalmadi has denied...
03:56 AM, Apr 18, 2013
CBI has forwarded to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) the summons to be served abroad to three officials of Switzerland-based Swiss Timing Limited for their alleged role in a 2010 Commonwealth Games related corruption case in which Suresh Kalmadi among others is facing trial. The agency has filed the copy of the March 26 letter sent to the MHA before a Delhi court after it had directed the CBI...
12:49 PM, Mar 31, 2013
Sacked CWG organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi was on Monday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with its probe into alleged forex violations in the run up to the 2010 sporting extravaganza. ...
08:12 PM, Mar 25, 2013
Switzerland-based Swiss Timing Ltd has been put on trial for allegedly conspiring and cheating the exchequer in a Commonwealth Games scam case, involving Suresh Kalmadi and nine others, by a Delhi court which also asked CBI to file a chargesheet against the firm's 3 senior officials. ...
06:29 PM, Mar 07, 2013
Trial in a Commonwealth Games related case involving Suresh Kalmadi and nine others will commence on Wednesday in a Delhi court which had invoked charges of criminal conspiracy, forgery, cheating and other offences against them entailing maximum punishment of life term. ...
08:07 PM, Feb 19, 2013
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought a response from Central Bureau of Investigation on a plea of former Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi seeking quashing of FIR and subsequent proceedings against him on the ground that Centre's sanction was not obtained by the agency to prosecute him. Issuing notice to the CBI, Justice Kailash Gambhir directed the agency to file its reply within three weeks and posted...
08:47 PM, Feb 06, 2013
A Delhi court dealing with a CWG related corruption case on Monday said two of the accused had paid Rs 71.73 lakh for actor Shilpa Shetty's performance in the closing ceremony of 2008 CWG Youth Games at Pune "merely to fulfil the last moment wish" of Suresh Kalmadi. ...
09:06 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Former Commonwealth Games chief Suresh Kalmadi still remains defiant and unwilling to let go of his sporting appointments. Abhay Singh Chautala's elevation to the presidency of the Indian Olympic Association (IOA) may not have had the sanction of the International Olympic Committee(IOC) but it officially ended Kalmadi's 16-year reign as the undisputed boss of Indian sports. ...
07:29 AM, Feb 05, 2013
Tough times are ahead for the man who once headed one of India's top sporting bodies. A special CBI court on Monday framed charges against Suresh Kalmadi for allegedly favouring Swiss Timing in the run up to the Commonwealth Games and causing a loss of Rs 95 crore to the exchequer. ...
07:44 PM, Feb 04, 2013
While a Central Bureau of Investigation court in Delhi framed charges against sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairperson Suresh Kalmadi and 9 others in the TSR scam, the Bharatiya Janata Party alleged that the CBI was silent on Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit's role. Kalmadi has pleaded not guilty in the case. ...
12:51 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Over two years after the Commonwealth Games, a Delhi court is framed charges against sacked organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and nine others in the TSR scam first reported by CNN-IBN. Kalmadi pleaded not guilty in the court. All the accused in the case are out on bail. ...
10:48 AM, Feb 04, 2013
Over two years after the Commonwealth Games, a Delhi court is likely to frame charges against sacked organising committee chief Suresh Kalmadi and nine others in the TSR scam first reported by CNN-IBN. Kalmadi, Lalit Bhanot, VK Verma and others have been charged with cheating, criminal conspiracy, destruction of evidence and the Prevention of Corruption Act. ...
08:22 AM, Feb 04, 2013
A Delhi court is likely to frame charges against sacked Commonwealth Games Organising Committee chairman Suresh Kalmadi and others on Monday for allegedly cheating, conspiring and causing a loss of over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer in a Games-related corruption case. Special CBI Judge Ravinder Kaur had on January 10 posted for Monday the framing of charges in the case that also involves former OC Secretary General Lalit Bhanot...
11:30 AM, Feb 03, 2013
CBI has received from the UK a reply to its judicial request sent in a Commonwealth Games scam case related to alleged cost inflation in laying down turfs for the lawn ball event, paving way for filing of charge sheet. CBI sources said British authorities have sent execution report of the Letters Rogatory which would be used as evidence to buttress the case of the agency. ...
06:34 PM, Jan 13, 2013
Former CWG Organising Committee chief Suresh Kalmadi will face trial in a Delhi court on Thursday in the Commonwealth Games Scam. Kalmadi has been charged with cheating and conspiracy after allegedly abusing his office and causing a loss over Rs 90 crore to the exchequer ...
10:32 AM, Jan 10, 2013
The Central Vigilance Commission acted on a number of corruption cases and directed CBI probe in coal blocks allocation scam and recovery of about Rs 1,000 crore tax evasion in Commonwealth Games-related works on 2012, besides other anti-graft measures. The probity watchdog was also chosen to head a 10-member global task force to prepare a knowledge management system for promoting international cooperation in checking graft and black money. ...
01:24 PM, Dec 29, 2012
The year 2012 saw the Delhi High Court ordering day-to-day trial of sexual offence cases in the aftermath of the brutal gangrape case besides some judicial interventions for loosening decades-old grip of politicians on sports bodies. ...
12:10 PM, Dec 28, 2012
