HC allows KTR’s lawyer outside interrogation chamber in PMLA case
However, the former minister would be visible to his counsel sitting in the library through a glass window.
However, the former minister would be visible to his counsel sitting in the library through a glass window.
Kashmir and Ladakh, comprising Chief Justice Tashi Rabstan and Justice M A Chowdhary (via virtual mode), directed the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to file an updated status report on the infamous Arms License Scam investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) involving five IAS officers and others.
In a major relief to BRS working president KT Rama Rao, the Telangana High Court extended its interim orders and protected him from arrest in connection with the Formula E race case until the pronouncement of the verdict. Rao had approached the court with a petition to quash the FIR filed by the Anti-Corruption Bureau under the Prevention of Corruption Act, against him. The court reserved its order on the criminal petition filed by the former minister.
Pulling up the police over the investigation into the rape of a girl student of Anna University inside the varsity campus, Madras High Court on Saturday constituted a Special Investigation Team (SIT) to take over the probe and ordered an interim compensation of Rs 25 lakh to the victim besides directing the state government to take action against the Greater Chennai City Police Commissioner.
Leader of Opposition in the Delhi Assembly, Vijender Gupta on Monday accused the AAP government of deliberately suppressing 14 Comptroller Auditor General (CAG) reports regarding its works, despite assuring the High Court on December 16 that it will forward them to the Speaker within two or three days.
This move came in response to the Varanasi District Court's decision, which permitted Hindus to conduct prayers within the southern cellar of the Gyanvapi mosque.
It is pertinent to note here that the Mahanadi and Brahmani rivers, two major rivers of the state, are bearing the brunt of water pollution as per the report furnished in the Assembly by the government.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court found the evidence gathered against the petitioner was flimsy ground and not convincing.
The petitioner Bibhutibhusan Mohapatra had filed the writ petition in the nature of public interest litigation seeking to declare Section 69 (ii) of Representation of People’s Act, 1951 as unconstitutional to have a fair election.
After an appeal by the investigating agency, the court had allowed the installation of CCTVs inside the cabin.
