Lucknow: The Lucknow bench of Allahabad High Court on Tuesday posted January 16 as the next date of hearing into alleged irregularities into matter of Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust run by Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid. The date was fixed by a bench of Justice Uma Nath Singh and Justice Satish Chandra on a PIL filed by social activist Nutan Thakur.
On October 18, the high court had issued a notice to a television news channel directing it to produce all the documents relating to the matter of Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust on the basis of which a PIL was filed. The PIL sought a direction for lodging of an FIR and also monitoring by the court in the case relating to the trust.
The petitioner in her PIL prayed the court to direct the Principal Secretary (Home) of Uttar Pradesh government and Economic Offences Wing to immediately lodge an FIR on the basis of primary investigation report conducted by Viklang Kalyan department and Social Welfare Department in pursuance of Ministry of Social Justice as sent to EOW by the state and to investigate the matter in accordance with law.
It was also prayed that the court monitor the investigation. Six parties, including state government, EOW, central government, Principal Secretary (Social Welfare) UP, Aaj Tak and Dr Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, were made respondents in the PIL. The TV channel told the court that Khurshird's wife Louise had filed a case in Delhi in which
10:37 PM, Oct 30, 2012
New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid, who is embroiled in a controversy over allegations of misappropriation of funds by his trust, has put off his Haj pilgrimage, according to sources close to him. His decision to put off the week-long visit for Haj also comes amid speculation of an impending reshuffle in the Union Cabinet. Khurshid was scheduled to leave for Haj on Sunday. He has been under attack from...
06:54 PM, Oct 21, 2012
Rampur: Samajwadi Party (SP) leader and Uttar Pradesh Minister Azam Khan on Sunday questioned why the Centre had not taken action against Law Minister Salman Khurshid's NGO, which is in controversy over allegedly forging names of beneficiaries of a scheme for the handicapped. "Why is the Union Government not coming forward to take action against Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's NGO," Khan, whose party extends outside support to the UPA,...
05:43 PM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: An under pressure Salman Khurshid has cancelled his Haj trip but the Law Minister insists that his recent comments on activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal were not a threat and he has not embarrassed his party. Speaking to CNN-IBN, the Union Law Minister denied threatening Kejriwal saying his entire clip was not shown by the media. "You didn't have the full clip. The full flip starts with 'Bismil sarfaroshi ki...
07:48 AM, Oct 21, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's wife Louise Khurshid's defamation suit against TV Today group will come up for hearing in Delhi High Court on Friday. Louise had accused the television network of maligning her family and sought damages worth Rs 1 crore. The TV Today group aired a sting operation about how Khurshid's trust for the disabled had forged signatures to acquire funds. Advocate Abhimanyu Bhandari had filed...
07:44 AM, Oct 19, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid, accused of financial wrongdoing by Arvind Kejriwal, was on Wednesday embroiled in a new controversy over his alleged threats against the India Against Corruption (IAC) leader. The IAC said he was behaving "like a mafia don". Khurshid, who has been accused of financial impropriety in the running of his trust, had reportedly said that if Kejriwal decides to go ahead with his November...
09:11 PM, Oct 17, 2012
New Delhi: Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust now faces more allegations over the allotment of support equipment to the differently-abled. CNN-IBN travelled to Bulandshahr where camps were held to distribute equipment to the differently-abled and found both, jarring stories of discrepancies and genuine beneficiaries of the Khurshid trust. While some of the beneficiaries claimed that they got aids, others said they did not and there were...
01:21 PM, Oct 16, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal and a group of disabled people on Monday called off their four-day-old protest in Delhi against Salman Khurshid and announced a fresh campaign against him in his UP constituency Farrukhabad from November one. Kejriwal also alleged that there was a quid pro quo between the Congress, which is supporting Khurshid, and SP chief Mulayam Singh Yadav who is facing a disproportionate assets case in the Supreme...
05:50 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Police's Economic Offences Wing on Monday began its probe into the alleged financial irregularities in a trust run by Union Minister Salman Khurshid. It started collecting documents at various levels, "including state, divisional and district headquarters as a part of the investigation", Director General EOW, Subrat Tripathi told PTI. When asked about the details, Tripathi said it was neither a raid nor a search. "How can...
02:15 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: Social Welfare Minister Mukul Wasnik said on Monday that funds were sanctioned to Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's NGO, the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, on the basis of merit in 2003 by the NDA government and that the funds would not be scrapped. "The money was given to the trust on merit. It would be unfortunate if we scrap the money sanctioned," said Wasnik. He refused to comment...
01:31 PM, Oct 15, 2012
Bulandshahr: Even as Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid produced lists of beneficiaries of aid given by his trust, the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, on Sunday amidst allegations of corruption and misuse of funds by the NGO, CNN-IBN met a few of them in Bulandshahr who said that they had received the implements and equipment only a few days ago. Rekha, a differently-abled girl said that she got crutches and that...
12:40 PM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: TV Today, that carried out a sting operation on Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid's trust for the differently-abled, the Zakir Hussain Memorial Trust, revealing alleged misuse of funds, has issued a statement saying that it stands by its story. Salman Khurshid on Sunday had called for TV Today Chairman and MD Aroon Purie to resign. The statement by TV Today said, "This is not a matter of debate...
10:54 AM, Oct 15, 2012
New Delhi: 6.04 pm: Sushil Kumar Gautam, district handicapped welfare officer, Bulanshahar, tells CNN-IBN that his predecessor had told the state government that her signature on a report on equipment distributed to 42 disabled people were forged. The block development officers or the BDOs are now conducting a physical check on the list of beneficiaries. So far, 2 of the 4 BDOs have submitted their reports. In Sayana, all four...
10:30 AM, Oct 15, 2012
Patna: Nearly 25 members of India Against Corruption (IAC) were detained in Patna on Sunday after they shouted slogans against Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid outside the residence of the Governor. A few activists even burnt effigies of the minister who has been struggling to come clean of corruption charges levelled against him by activist-turned-politician Arvind Kejriwal following media reports and a sting operation by a TV channel that alleged...
07:45 AM, Oct 15, 2012
Defending himself, Salman Khurshid said the trust headed by his wife held the camps and distributed equipment to the differently-abled. ...
10:01 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Hazaribagh: Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha on Sunday said the accusation against Union Law Minister Salman Khurshid pointed towards yet another case of corruption during the Congress-led UPA regime. "It's another feather in the corruption hat. After 2G, coalgate, charges against former Steel minister Virbhadra Singh, it's now Salman Khurshid scam, which has never happened in any regime in the past," Sinha said in Hazaribagh. "Corruption has spread like an...
09:29 PM, Oct 14, 2012
Salman Khurshid produced pictures and documents to prove camps for the disabled were held and said that his trust as well as the India Today group should be probed. ...
09:15 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Law Minister Salman Khurshid on Sunday produced pictures and documents to prove camps for the disabled were held and rebutted allegations of forgery and embezzlement of funds against an NGO with which he and his wife are associated. He also announced that he will file a defamation suit against the Aaj Tak TV news channel which organised a sting operation and levelled charges against Khurshid and his wife....
04:26 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday alleged that the Uttar Pradesh government was colluding with Salman Khurshid to bail the Law Minister out of the allegations of financial irregularities in an NGO run by him and his wife. Posing five questions to Khurshid, the activist claimed that the allegations were not his but that of the Uttar Pradesh government, whose probe "proved the irregularities" done by the NGO run by...
03:59 PM, Oct 14, 2012
New Delhi: 6.25 pm: Arvind Kejriwal rejected the photographic evidence produced by Salman Khurshid on Sunday and said that he will present more evidence against the Union Minister on Monday. "JB Singh is saying he didn't visit the camps in 2009-10. All that Khurshid has managed to show for evidence is one photograph. Khurshid is misleading the country. Khurshid is still the Law Minister. He has to step down so...
01:44 PM, Oct 14, 2012
