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A Delhi court will hear on December 7 the bail applications of former NSE chief Chitra Ramakrishna and ex-Mumbai Police Commissioner Sanjay Pandey in a corruption case related to alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping on stock exchange employees. Special Judge Sunena Sharma adjourned the matter after the counsel appearing for the two accused prayed for adjournment on the ground that their petition challenging the rejection of their bail application in a connected money laundering case, being probed by the ED, is pending before the Delhi High Court which has reserved its orders. In view of request, let the bail applications of the accused be listed for arguments on December 7, the judge said in an order passed on November 30. Both the accused are currently in the judicial custody. The judge also directed the Tihar jail superintendent to produce Pandey before the court physically on the next date of hearing, as the accused himself will argue his bail application. According to th
A Delhi court on Wednesday sent former MD and CEO of National Stock Exchange Ravi Narain to two days' custodial interrogation by Enforcement Directorate in a money laundering case related to alleged illegal phone tapping and snooping on stock exchange employees. Special Judge Sunena Sharma allowed ED's plea seeking Narain's custody till September 9 after the accused was produced before him by the probe agency. ED's Special Public Prosecutor N K Matta told the court that Narain was required to be confronted with other accused persons and evidence in the matter to unearth the larger conspiracy in the matter. The ED on Tuesday arrested him in the case. Narain was the MD and CEO of NSE from April 1994 to March 31, 2013. Thereafter, he was appointed as the vice-chairman in a non-executive category on the company's board from April 1, 2013, to June 1, 2017. The ED had registered an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR) in July against former Mumbai Police commissioner Sanjay Pandey
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Monday demanded a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into the phone tapping allegations.The BJP came down heavily on Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot government after his government replied to a question in the state Assembly that it taps phones in the interest of public safety and orderThe reactions came after the state government replied to a question asked by BJP MLA Kalicharan in the state Assembly last year, Rajasthan BJP chief Satish Poonia said.BJP MLA had asked, "Is it true that phone tapping cases have come up in the last days? If yes, under which law and by whose orders?""The questions (over the phone-tapping issue) were raised in August last year & the response has come now. It is a serious matter. Chief Minister must take responsibility and resign on moral grounds. CBI should investigate this issue now," Poonia added.Though the reply did not say it tapped phones of Union minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat and supporters of ...