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Delhi court dismisses Satyendar Jain's plea seeking special food items

A Delhi court on Saturday dismissed a plea by jailed AAP minister Satyendar Jain seeking direction to Tihar officials to provide him special food items according to his religious beliefs. Special judge Vikas Dhull dismissed the application noting the jail administration's submission that no special facility is provided to any prisoner and Jain was allowed to avail all facilities under law, like other inmates. The application had also sought a direction to the prison officials to immediately conduct the minister's medical check-up. It had alleged that Jain was not being provided basic food and medical facilities inside the prison. The jail administration, however, had opposed the application, saying Jain was allowed to avail all facilities under law, like other prisoners. Jain was arrested in a money laundering case based on a CBI FIR lodged against him in 2017 under the Prevention of Corruption Act. The court had on November 17 refused bail to Jain and two others in the case. He

Mehrauli murder: Delhi Police to produce accused before court virtually

A Delhi court on Thursday allowed police's application to produce Mehrauli killing accused Aaftab Amin Poonawala before a court through video conferencing. Metropolitan Magistrate Aviral Shukla said according to the application submitted by police, the accused faced threat from miscreants and religious groups. "I am aware of the sensitivity of the matter, media coverage...Public traction...," the judge said while allowing the application. Poonawala will be produced before the court through video conferencing at 4 pm. Twenty-eight-year-old Poonawala allegedly strangled Shradha Walkar and sawed her body into 35 pieces which he kept in a 300-litre fridge for almost three weeks at his residence in South Delhi's Mehrauli before dumping them across the city over several days past midnight. Police said the couple used to have frequent arguments over financial issues and it is suspected that there was also a fight between them that resulted in Poonawala killing 27-year-old Walkar on the .

Delhi court grants bail to Jacqueline Fernandez in money laundering case

A Delhi court on Tuesday granted bail to actor Jacqueline Fernandez in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case involving conman Sukesh Chandrashekar. Special Judge Shailendra Malik granted the relief on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and one surety of like amount. The judge had on August 31 taken cognizance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate and asked Fernandez to appear before the court. Fernandez, who was summoned by the ED several times in connection with the investigation, was named as an accused for the first time in the supplementary charge sheet. The ED's earlier charge sheet and a supplementary charge sheet did not mention her as an accused. The documents, however, had mentioned the details of the statements recorded by Fernandez and fellow actor Nora Fatehi.

Delhi court defers order on Jacqueline Fernandez's bail plea in PMLA case

The court has also extended the interim bail granted to Jacqueline till Tuesday

Courts should be sensitive, we are dealing with humans not files: Delhi HC

Courts need to maintain sensitivity and compassion that is balanced with law as they are dealing with humans and not mere files and orders, the Delhi High Court has said. The court's observation came while dealing with a petition by a murder convict serving a life term, who sought a two-month parole to settle the division of his family property, arrange funds for his family and also "curb inner stress" following the death of his mother. The petitioner's request for parole was turned down by the Delhi government on several grounds, including that his conduct in jail was unsatisfactory. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, however, directed the release of the petitioner for a period of 45 days on parole, saying, "Sensitivity and compassion balanced with rules, regulations and law needs to be maintained by any court as one is dealing with humans and not mere files and orders." The judge considered that the petitioner, who has spent 14 years in jail and was earlier granted parole on seven ...

Delhi Court to hear bail plea of Jacqueline Fernandez in PMLA case today

ED in its reply opposing the regular bail plea of Jacqueline stated that she never cooperated with the investigation and only made the disclosure when confronted with evidence

Cattle smuggling scam: Delhi court sends Sehgal Hossain to 7-day custody

A special court of PMLA at Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi on Saturday has remanded Sehgal Hossain, bodyguard of strongman Anubrata Mondal to seven days of ED custody

Delhi Court extends Jacqueline's interim bail till November 10 in PMLA case

A Delhi Court on Saturday extended the interim bail of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in connection with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case related to the Rs 200 crore money laundering matter

Delhi court to hear actor Jacqueline's bail plea in PMLA case on Oct 22

A Delhi Court is scheduled to hear on Saturday the regular bail plea of Bollywood actor Jacqueline Fernandez in connection with the Enforcement Directorate (ED) case

Professsors from 12 DU colleges get full salary after 3 months of delay

Ad-hoc teachers, guest teachers, and contractual teachers constitute upto 50 to 60 per cent of employees in the above mentioned colleges

PFI involved in money laundering, ED tells court, 3 accused sent to jail

Popular Front of India (PFI) has been involved in continuous offences of money laundering over the years, the Enforcement Directorate Friday told a Delhi Court which remanded three arrested office bearers of the banned outfit to 14 days of judicial custody. The agency also said that its investigation had revealed that the accused persons played an active role in raising or receiving bogus cash donations on behalf of PFI. The agency arrested the three accused, Perwez Ahmad, President of PFI Delhi, Mohd. Ilias, general secretary of the Delhi unit, and its office secretary Abdul Muqeet on September 22 for their alleged role in the offence of money laundering in the guise of cash donations. Additional Sessions Judge Shailender Malik remanded the three accused to 14 days of judicial custody after they were produced before him on completion of their seven days of custodial interrogation. The ED in its remand application said Prevention of money laundering Act (PMLA) investigation has ...

Delhi Court grants bail to JNU student Sharjeel Imam in 2019 sedition case

A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to former JNU student Sharjeel Imam in a sedition case in which he was accused of instigating the Jamia riots here in 2019. Additional Sessions Judge Anuj Agrawal granted him relief in the matter. A detailed order from the court is awaited. In the New Friends Colony case, Imam was arrested for instigating and abetting the Jamia riots, due to his seditious speech delivered on December 13, 2019. During the investigation, police invoked sections 124 A (sedition) and 153 A IPC (promoting enmity between classes) against him. However, Imam, who is in judicial custody since January 2020, will continue to remain in jail as he is yet to secure bail in the Delhi riots conspiracy case.

Jacqueline Fernandez gets interim bail in Rs 200 cr money laundering case

A Delhi court on Monday granted interim bail to actor Jacqueline Fernandez in a Rs 200 crore money laundering case against alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekar. Special Judge Shailendra Malik granted Fernandez the relief on a personal bond of Rs 50,000 and posted the matter for further hearing on October 22. On August 31, predecessor judge Praveen Singh had taken cognizance of a supplementary charge sheet filed by the Enforcement Directorate and asked Fernandez to appear before the court. Fernandez, who was summoned by the ED several times in connection with the investigation, has been named as an accused for the first time in the supplementary charge sheet. ED's earlier charge sheet and a supplementary charge sheet did not mention her as an accused. The documents, however, had mentioned the details of the statements recorded by Fernandez and fellow actor Nora Fatehi. According to ED, Fernandez and Fatehi, who were examined, had received luxury cars and other expensive gifts from .

After over 21 years, court acquits 3 in spurious soft drink factory case

More than 21 years after an FIR was registered against three on the charge of criminal conspiracy for running a spurious soft drink factory, a Delhi court has acquitted the trio, saying investigation was not done with the sincerity required. The court also acquitted them of the charge of infringement of copyright, and said the manner in which the prosecution witnesses were examined, seemed it was only paperwork without a specific target in mind. The court was hearing a case against Shankar, Mahesh and Bhupinder Singh, who were arrested for allegedly running a factory where some spurious drink was filled into empty soft drink bottles of Pepsi and Coca Cola in Sudarshan Park area of west Delhi on June 18, 2001. In my opinion, the accused have been able to raise a probable defence creating doubt about the existence or veracity of the prosecution version which renders the same untrustworthy. Accordingly, accused persons are acquitted of the charge levelled against them, Chief Metropolit

Court stays bail proceedings in Satyender Jain's money laundering case

A court here on Monday stayed the proceedings in the bail hearing of Delhi minister Satyendar Jain in a money laundering case. Principal District and Sessions Judge Vinay Kumar Gupta passed the directions while issuing notice to Jain and other co-accused in the case on an application of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking transfer of the case to another judge. The judge directed the respondents to file their reply to ED's plea by September 30 and stayed the proceedings before Special Judge Geetanjali Goel till further order. The probe agency has sought the transfer of the matter from Special Judge Goel to any other judge. The agency, in its plea, has raised certain contentions related to the bail arguments being heard by the special judge. Goel, while hearing the lengthy arguments on the bail petitions of Jain and the other two co-accused - Ankush Jain and Vaibhav Jain - in the money laundering case, had pulled up the agency over its probe in the matter in the past few ...

Court issues contempt notice to Delhi Police for non-compliance of orders

A court here has issued a contempt notice to the Delhi Police Commissioner in a case of alleged gangrape of a woman and said "the narration and sequence of events in the case depicted a sordid and pathetic state of affairs in the administration of Delhi Police." The court was hearing the bail plea of an accused in the case and noted that an FIR was registered at Sangam Vihar police station almost 36 days after the victim woman filed a complaint before the Station House Officer (SHO). The court said there was deliberate non-compliance on part of the commissioner of police with three court orders passed in August 2022. "Accordingly, notice be issued to the Commissioner of Police, Delhi, to show cause as to why contempt proceedings be not initiated against him for non-compliance of orders..., Additional Sessions Judge Sandeep Yadav said in an order dated August 31. Noting that as no material was placed on record to establish that the Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), South Delhi wa

NSE case: Delhi court reserves order on Chitra Ramkrishna's bail plea

A Delhi court on Thursday reserved its order on the bail plea of National Stock Exchange's (NSE) former CEO and MD Chitra Ramkrishna, who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case

DHFL bank fraud: Court denies bail to businessman in Rs 34,615-crore scam

A Delhi court has denied bail to businessman Ajay Ramesh Nawandar in a Rs 34,615-crore bank fraud case involving Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL), on account of his possible influence on both evidence and witnesses. The court held that the accused was prima facie complicit at some stage in the diversion of the humongous funds originating from the loans. In the present facts, the Court is inclined to decline the bail not because the offences are economic in nature but on account of the investigation into the present offences being intricate, the accused prima facie being complicit at some stage of the handling/diversion of the humongous funds originating from the loans, a strong likelihood of him tampering with evidence and the foreseeable possibility of him influencing witnesses if admitted to bail, Special Judge Vishal Gogne said. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) had earlier conducted searches at Nawandar's premises and recovered a large collection of uber-luxury watch

Court to hear Satyender Jain's bail on Aug 23; reserves wife's bail orders

However, the Court allowed the bail applications filed on behalf of the other two accused Ajit Prasad Jain and Sunil Kumar Jain.

2020 Delhi riots: Court orders framing of charges against four accused

A court here has put four persons on trial for various offences, including rioting and mischief by fire or explosive substance to destroy the building, in a case related to the 2020 northeast Delhi riots. The case relates to a rioting incident inside a parking lot on February 25, 2020. Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat ordered the framing of charges against Shahrukh, Ashwani, Ashu, and Juber, saying that there were grounds to presume that they had committed the offences. The judge, meanwhile, discharged Kasim and Khalid Ansari, saying there was no material evidence against them except their disclosure statements. Thus, on the basis of the contents of the charge sheet, duly supported by the statement of the witnesses, it has come on record that on February 25, 2020, around 4.30 pm, a riotous mob consisting of 100-250 rioting persons, including Shahrukh, Ashwani, Ashu, and Juber, armed with dandas, petrol bottles, and canes, had entered into the MCD parking near Ambedkar Colle