New Delhi: CAG report commands respect and cannot be brushed aside but it cannot be the final word on an issue, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while noting that the auditor's findings cannot be gospel truth as it is subject to scrutiny by Parliament. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said that CAG's report is always subject to parliamentary debates and it is possible that Public...
10:40 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday will take up Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt's plea seeking review of its March 21 judgement upholding his conviction under the Arms Act and sentencing him to five years in jail in 1993 Bombay serial blasts case. A bench of P Sathasivam and BS Chauhan, which had delivered March 21 verdict, will take up the review plea in chamber. It will also consider similar...
09:20 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday dismissed two separate petitions seeking quashing of the FIR and transfer of probe from city police to CBI in the case lodged for various offences, including rioting and death of constable Subhash Tomar during anti-rape protests in the capital. Turning down the plea of seven out of eight protestors who were booked under various sections of Indian Penal Code and Prevention of...
06:27 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) on Thursday sought a detailed report from the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the government's interference in its draft coalgate report, sources said. The CBI has also been asked to submit its latest status report on the case to the Commission, official sources said, adding the CVC has taken cognizance of reports citing interference in CBI's probe in the coal blocks allocation...
04:36 PM, May 09, 2013
Hisar: Two cases of alleged honour killings have been reported from Haryana, a state which has gained notoriety for the ghastly crime. In the first case a father allegedly murdered his daughter as he was opposed to her relationship with a boy from the same village while in the other case a young man was beaten to death by the girl's family. According to the police, in the first case...
02:59 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who has been under pressure to resign after the Central Bureau of Investigation told the Supreme Court that he not only saw the coal scam report but also suggested some changes in it, is likely to be replaced. Sources say that Prime Minister Manmohan Singh is seriously considering the possibility of replacing Ashwani Kumar. Sources say that the Manmohan Singh may either ask a...
02:26 PM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed a plea which had challenged the validity of the Cairn-Vedanta deal and said there was nothing malafide in the transaction. The court was hearing a petition challenging the validity of the $8.5 billion Cairn-Vedanta deal and had sought a CBI probe into it. "There were no extraneous considerations involved in the deal and it should not be interfered with by the court....
11:59 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: In a disappointing verdict for YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy, who has been lodged in a Hyderabad prison for a year in connection with a disproportionate assets case, the Supreme Court on Thursday rejected his bail plea. "Jagan's release will hamper the probe in the case which is of high magnitude," said the court in its ruling. The apex court also said that "likelihood of tampering with...
11:45 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is likely to give its order on the bail plea of YSR Congress chief Jagan Mohan Reddy on Thursday. This is the sixth attempt made by Jagan Mohan in a year to get legal relief. He has been in a Hyderabad jail since May 2012 in connection with a disproportionate assets case. On Monday, the apex court had reserved its order on whether Jagan Mohan...
10:28 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: Sikh groups plan to hold a protest outside the Supreme Court on Thursday against the acquittal of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar in the 1984 anti-sikh riots case. Five others were convicted in the same case and the Karkardooma court is expected to hear arguments on the quantum of punishment later on Thursday. Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal on Wednesday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to press for...
09:47 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: While the victory in Karnataka has come as a big boost for the Congress, the party-led UPA government has no reason to celebrate in Delhi. Pressure is building up on the government to oust Law Minister Ashwani Kumar, who allegedly ordered changes in CBI's status report on coal scam. Sources say while the Congress is yet to make up its mind on Ashwani's fate, the party is waiting...
08:51 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday said that "tentative" findings of the CBI investigation into the coal allocation scam was the very heart of the report and its deletion made it directionless. In his affidavit filed April 6, 2013, CBI director Ranjit Sinha had said that the "tentative findings about the non-existence of a system regarding allocation of specific weightage/points was deleted" at the instance of the officials of...
05:27 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday frowned on the failure of the Jammu and Kashmir government to anticipate the possibility of Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah being attacked in jail in the wake of the death of Sarabjit Singh after being assaulted in a Lahore jail. "You must have visualized that if something has happened in Pakistan, you should have taken precautions. You cannot allow rule of law to be compromised....
05:10 AM, May 09, 2013
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the city government's reply to a PIL seeking an order to adopt blood-screening methods like Individual Donor Testing (IDT) through Nucleic acid Amplification Test (NAT) to avoid the possibility of infections being spread through blood transfusion. A bench of Chief Justice D Murugesan and Jayant Nath issued a notice to the city government's department of Health and Family Welfare and sought...
03:20 AM, May 09, 2013
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to share details of its investigations into the coal scam with anybody. The apex court said that the CBI Director will be held directly responsible for it. ...
11:36 PM, May 08, 2013
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to share details of its investigations into the coal scam with anybody. The apex court said that the CBI Director will be held directly responsible for it. ...
11:36 PM, May 08, 2013
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) not to share details of its investigations into the coal scam with anybody. The apex court said that the CBI Director will be held directly responsible for it. ...
11:13 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The SEBI should come out with a mechanism to verify the genuineness of investors, who had invested in the Sahara Group, and start refunding money to them, the Supreme Court said on Wednesday. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and JS Khehar also sought an affidavit detailing their assets from Sahara India Real Estate Corp Ltd (SIREC) and Sahara India Housing Investment Corp Ltd (SHIC), the two companies...
10:48 PM, May 08, 2013
Ghaziabad: The special CBI court in Ghaziabad on Wednesday rejected the plea of dentist couple Rajesh and Nupur Talwar for 10-day adjournment for recording their statements in connection with the murder trial of their daughter Aarushi and domestic servant Hemraj. In their plea, Rajesh and Nupur had sought the adjournment on the ground that they had to approach the Supreme Court with a Special Leave Petition seeking deposition 14 persons...
10:32 PM, May 08, 2013
It's not an exaggeration to say that the concerns raised by the Supreme Court on Wednesday over the coal scam probe not only appear to indict the CBI, but the Attorney General, the Law Minister and the PMO. ...
10:10 PM, May 08, 2013
