The 74-year-old Congress leader has been in custody since August 21, when he was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the INX-Media corruption case.
The Supreme Court on Friday said the trial court's finding that Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia was responsible for delaying the trial in the Delhi excise policy cases was not supported by the record.
The HC has also directed the premier agency to submit an action taken report before February 22 in the case registered under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
With the Central Bureau of Investigation filing its first chargesheet in the Adarsh scam, the Enforcement Directorate, which is separately investigating the case, would speed up its probe, sources in the anti-money laundering agency said.
Banerjee said the prime minister will now have to move around the country and also abroad with two crutches.
Chidambaram and his son Karti were named in the chargesheet filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the case on July 19.
The former Congress president alleged that PM Modi had a "monopoly over corruption".
A bench headed by Justice B Sudershan Reddy asked the government to make its stand clear on setting up an SIT comprising officers from different departments, including the Enforcement Directorate, the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Income Tax department to look into it.
The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Telangana Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao's daughter K Kavitha in connection with a money laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the Delhi excise policy, officials said on Wednesday.
"As most of these agencies carry out interrogation in their office(s), CCTVs shall be compulsorily installed in all offices where such interrogation and holding of accused takes place in the same manner as it would in a police station," the bench said in its order.
"We will complain. He can meditate, but televisions cannot show it," she said, alleging that this will amount to "violation of the MCC."
Pawar met Modi at the Prime Minister's Office in Parliament along with NCP Lok Sabha member P P Mohammad Faizal, who raised issues related to his constituency Lakshadweep.
The Supreme Court on Friday adjourned till September 28 the bail plea of YSR Congress chief Jaganmohan Reddy in the alleged multi-crore disproportionate assets scam being probed by the Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate.
Government sources told ANI on Sunday that the ban has been lifted in dealings with the company with conditions. As per the decision, the investigation against the company by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate would continue.
The order came days after Goyal told the court that he had "lost every hope of life and it would be "better if he died in jail" than living in such a situation.
One of the lawyers of the chief minister said that they will be seeking urgent listing of the petition on Monday.
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday arrested aides of former Jharkhand Chief Minister Madhu Koda -- Manoj Punamiya and Arvind Vyas -- from Delhi in a case of alleged illegal investments and Hawala transactions.
Gahlot says he has no knowledge of Nair living in his official accommodation, AAP's Goa activities
A money laundering case has been registered against Vectra chief Ravinder Rishi and his firms by the Enforcement Directorate to probe alleged generation of illegal funds in the defence deal between Tatra Sipox United Kingdom and defence public sector undertaking Bharat Earth Movers Limited.
Expanding its probe, the Central Bureau of Investigation has shared crucial documents with the Enforcement Directorate showing money trail of the alleged Rs 362-crore kickback in the VVIP chopper deal with Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland.
This is the third notice to Kejriwal, also the national convenor of the Aam Aadmi Party, after he refused to appear before the federal agency on two earlier summons for November 2 and December 21.
"Is there a rule of law or (a rule of) raids in Maharashtra? This is the question which comes to one's mind considering the record-break raids being conducted through Central investigating agencies," Raut wrote in the weekly column 'Rokhthok' in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' of which he is the executive editor.
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate to carry out investigations into the 2G spectrum scam by bringing in its ambit the telecom policy since 2001. A bench comprising justices G S Singhvi and A K Ganguly made it clear that the emphasis of the investigation would be to determine the loss of money to the public exchequer and a progress report on the probe has to be filed by the CBI and the ED in a sealed cover
In a major relief to Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, the Andhra Pradesh high court in its interim orders on Tuesday stayed the preliminary probe by the Central Bureau of Investigations into his alleged disproportionate assets.
The two have been charged under multiple sections of the anti-narcotics law and will be produced in a court on Saturday, sources said.
The judge had reserved the order after hearing arguments on Sisodia's plea seeking relief claiming that his custody was no longer required for investigation.
The apex court directed the CBI, which is already probing the case, to file its status report in the matter within three months.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court trying the2G spectrum case on Wednesday allowed Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam member of Parliament Kanimozhi to skip the proceedings for two hours to approach the Enforcement Directorate for postponement of appearance before it in relation to its probe into money laundering aspects of the scam.
Congress rebel Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, who was arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation on Sunday after days of questioning in a DA case, is likely to be quizzed this week by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the probe against him and others in an alleged money laundering and foreign exchange violations case.
In fresh trouble for members of the scam-tainted Adarsh Housing Society, which is already under a probe by the Central Bureau of Investigation, the Enforcement Directorate has issued notices to the Society and its members, asking them to furnish information regarding payment towards the purchase of flats. The ED began its probe into allegations of money laundering and benami transactions after facing severe criticism from the Bombay high court.
The two central premier investigative agencies - Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate - have asked their officials to focus more on digital evidence, e-forums and social media to crack down on offenders. These are a crucial part of prosecution amid the second wave of the pandemic. The Income Tax Department is going full throttle on data analytics to issue notices in time-bound cases. Further, sleuths have been given electronic devices including laptops with secure connections, which keep data encrypted and inaccessible.
Both the central agencies had recently initiated action in the case, with the CBI questioning Lalu Prasad and his wife and former Bihar chief minister Rabri Devi and the ED carrying out raids against the RJD chief's family.
The Enforcement Directorate has issued two summons to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal to appear for questioning on March 18 and 21, official sources said Sunday.
Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, facing cheating and money laundering cases registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation and the Enforcement Directorate, Thursday met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to discuss the issue of "farmers' plight" in Andhra Pradesh.
Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case against former Congress leader Y S Jaganmohan Reddy, days after the Central Bureau of Investigation had searched various premises belonging to him.
The Bombay high court on Thursday granted bail to Deepak Kochhar, husband of former ICICI Bank CEO Chanda Kochhar, in a money laundering case registered by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Kocchar had approached the high court after a special court in Mumbai rejected his bail in December last year. Justice P D Naik of the high court granted bail to him on merits on Thursday.
The agency recorded his statement under criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), officials said.
The department, according to officials, has reportedly traced instances of tax evasion by various Telecom firms that have been named by the CBI and the ED in their charge sheets.
A team of Enforcement Directorate officials from Delhi has arrived in Hyderabad and will approach a local court for questioning YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy who has been arrested by the Central Bureau of Investigation in a disproportionate assets case.
He said the "switch" to the Sharad Pawar-led outfit has started in the form of ex-corporators, referring to the resignation of Ajit Pawar-led NCP's Pimpri-Chinchwad unit chief Ajit Gavhane and two former corporators.
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