New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala will be released from jail on Thursday after the Delhi High Court granted him an interim bail for six weeks to undergo a heart surgery.
Chautala, 78, is serving prison time for his involvement in the 2000 teachers' recruitment scam. The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief was asked to furnish a personal bond of Rs 5 lakh along with two sureties of like amount before the trial court as a pre-condition for his release on bail.
The High Court also asked the former Haryana Chief Minister to surrender his passport with the trial court, besides asking him not to leave the National Capital Region without prior permission of the court. It also asked Chautala to get himself admitted at Medanta Medicity within 24 hours of his release on bail for undergoing the surgery.
The High Court, however, gave liberty to the CBI to seek cancellation of his bail if any condition imposed is violated by Chautala. "It goes without saying that the CBI will have the liberty to apply for cancellation of bail if any condition is being violated by the appellant/applicant," Justice Mridul said. The court, however, disallowed the submission of the CBI that Chautala be restrained from addressing any press conference during the period of bail. "How can this court curtail the fundamental right of a citizen. I don't wish to comment on it. If you persist with it (arguments), then it seems
07:34 AM, May 23, 2013
New Delhi: Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala was on Tuesday granted interim bail for six weeks by the Delhi High Court for undergoing pacemaker implant surgery at a hospital. "In view of the facts and circumstances of the case and considering the medical report of the appellant/applicant, the applicant's sentence shall be suspended for a period of six weeks," Justice Siddharth Mridul said while granting the interim bail....
04:59 PM, May 21, 2013
New Delhi: Signalling apossible realignment of his party's alliance in Haryana, BJP president Rajnath Singh on Thursday met INLD chief Om Prakash Chautala at a hospital in Delhi, party sources said. They said Rajnath Singh, accompanied by party vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, met Chautala at the Ram Manohar Hospital in Delhi. The leaders of two parties are learnt to have discussed current political developments during the meeting which lasted...
04:46 AM, May 17, 2013
The Supreme Court said it will hear next week former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's plea to restrain a television channel from telecasting an episode based on the teachers' recruitment scam for which he has been convicted. ...
11:25 AM, Mar 02, 2013
The Delhi High Court set aside the order of its single judge bench restraining the telecast of an episode of 'Crime Patrol Dastak'. ...
01:43 PM, Mar 01, 2013
The Tihar Jail Superintendent will be submitting a report on former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's son Ajay addressing a rally to his supporters over a phone from within the jail. The Indian National Lok Dal chief's family on Saturday put his call on loudspeaker and made him address a rally for five minutes. ...
08:46 AM, Feb 26, 2013
The Tihar Jail authorities have initiated an inquiry against INLD chief and former Haryana chief minister OP Chautala's son Ajay Chautala after it was found that he addressed a public rally at Sonepat through the speaker phone when his grandson called him up last Wednesday in jail. ...
02:23 PM, Feb 25, 2013
There seem to be no rules for VIP inmates at Delhi's high profile Tihar Jail. Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala's son Ajay Chautala addressed a rally from inside his cell using his mobile phone. ...
01:13 PM, Feb 25, 2013
The Delhi High Court Friday restrained Sony TV channel from broadcasting an episode of 'Crime Patrol' programme based on a teachers' recruitment scam involving former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and 54 others. ...
10:14 AM, Feb 23, 2013
In a setback for former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, the Delhi High Court on Friday refused interim bail to the INLD chief in the teachers' recruitment scam. Chautala's counsel had sought intreim bail on medical grounds. ...
12:41 PM, Feb 15, 2013
The Delhi High Court will hear on Friday former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala's appeal against his conviction and 10 years sentence for illegally recruiting 3,206 junior teachers 12 years ago. ...
08:50 AM, Feb 15, 2013
Haryana government on Thursday said it will seek legal opinion in the case of 3,206 JBT teachers, who were illegally recruited, after getting a copy of the Delhi Court judgement. ...
07:55 PM, Jan 24, 2013
Former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, who was on Tuesday sentenced to 10 years in jail for his involvement in the teachers' recruitment scam, has been admitted to the GB Pant Hospital after he complained of chest pain. ...
11:49 AM, Jan 23, 2013
The future of more than 300 teachers in Haryana is hanging in the balance after former Chief Minister Om Parkash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were sentenced to 10 years in jail in the Junior Basic Training scam. Teachers at the heart of the Junior Basic Training scam do not know what the future holds for them. ...
10:37 AM, Jan 23, 2013
Rajnath Singh to replace Nitin Gadkari as BJP president, say sources. Om Prakash Chautala, son get 10 years in jail for their involvement in the teachers' recruitment scam. ...
11:39 PM, Jan 22, 2013
Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son have been sentenced to 10 years in jail for a scam. ...
11:19 PM, Jan 22, 2013
Former Haryana Chief Minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala were sentenced to 10 years in jail on Tuesday in the Haryana Teachers Recruitment scam. A case of rioting has been made against Indian National Lok Dal party workers for clashing and protesting outside the court after the verdict. ...
09:09 PM, Jan 22, 2013
The former Haryana chief minister and his son were jailed in the Haryana teachers recruitment scam. ...
08:06 PM, Jan 22, 2013
Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala condemned the protests and said it was attempt to interrupt the legal system. ...
01:02 PM, Jan 22, 2013
The supporters of former Haryana chief minister and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) chief Om Prakash Chautala on Tuesday protested outside a Delhi court which is set to sentence the politician and his son in connection with a teachers recruitment scam. The security personnel were forced to lathicharge and throw tear gas shells at the protesters as they tried to break through a barricade. The court has been sealed for ...
10:40 AM, Jan 22, 2013
