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
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court will on Wednesday give its verdict on two separate pleas 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 December. Justice GP Mittal, who had reserved the order on March 20, will pronounce the verdict at 2.15 pm on Thursday....
09:51 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court, while examining the affidavit submitted by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with coal scam, on Wednesday came down heavily on the government and the investigating agency for the probe mess and gave the Centre time till July 3 to file an affidavit before it on steps to make the agency autonomous. The apex court took a very strong stand and called the...
09:03 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: Facing the ire of Supreme Court in its coal block allocation scam probe, CBI on Wednesday assured the apex court that there will be a "thorough and qualitative" investigation and follow its directions in letter and spirit. "CBI assures Supreme Court of thorough and qualitative investigation into Coalgate. It will follow directions of Supreme Court in letter and spirit," the premier probe agency said in a statement. The...
07:50 PM, May 08, 2013
Chandigarh: Pakistani prisoner Sanaullah Haq, who is in a hospital here after being attacked in a Jammu jail last week, suffered renal failure on Wednesday and doctors said that his condition was "extremely critical". "The patient has become extremely critical. He has developed renal failure with no urine output since morning. Hence he was put on peritoneal dialysis by Nephrologists. He had developed hypothermia," a medical bulletin issued by the...
07:25 PM, May 08, 2013
The Supreme Court on Wednesday indicted the CBI and the government over the coal scam probe and asked for more autonomy to the CBI. ...
07:12 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Wednesday issued a statement on the Supreme Court's observations on the CBI affidavit on coal scam probe. Citing the SC's observations, the AAP said that the CBI had been used as an instrument by the Government to protect their own people and to "protect/pressurise the leaders of other parties for their political end". "This again underlines the need for an independent Lokpal...
06:54 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Wednesday issued a four-point directive to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the government during its observations on the CBI affidavit on the coal scam probe. First: The apex court asked the Centre to come out with a law before July 10 to insulate the CBI from external influence and intrusion. Second: The CBI chief to ensure no access to any person, including...
05:26 PM, May 08, 2013
Mumbai: A Mumbai sessions court will deliver its verdict on June 10 on the admissibility of an appeal filed by Bollywood actor Salman Khan challenging a magistrate's order invoking the charge of culpable homicide against him in a 2002 hit-and-run case. Sessions judge UB Hejib fixed June 10 for deciding the appeal after arguments concluded on Wednesday. The 47-year-old actor was granted exemption from personal appearance on a plea by...
05:18 PM, May 08, 2013
New Delhi: The Congress on Wednesday ruled out any action against Law Minister Ashwani Kumar in the coal scam case saying that the Supreme Court, hearing the CBI affidavit, did not name him anywhere during its observations. "There is no need for any action against Ashwani Kumar till a final court order," PMO sources said. The Congress also sought to reject charges that the CBI was under its control. "The...
05:12 PM, May 08, 2013
