India is working closely with Belgium to extradite fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi, who was arrested in Antwerp on Saturday based on a formal request from the Indian government. Choksi is wanted by Indian probe agencies in connection with a Rs 13,500-crore bank loan fraud case involving the Punjab National Bank (PNB). His nephew, Nirav Modi, is also facing extradition proceedings in the UK.
Former Wrestling Federation of India chief Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh pleaded not guilty.
Amid protests against a proposed oil refinery in Maharashtra's Ratnagiri district, state industries minister Uday Samant on Tuesday said the current site for the mega project was suggested by then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray, while the Opposition urged the government to stop soil survey work and be sensitive in handling the situation arising out of the agitation.
A court in Mumbai on Wednesday directed police to conduct an enquiry into social media influencer Sapna Gill's complaint of molestation against cricketer Prithvi Shaw in 2023.
The court has indirectly 'threatened' her of issuing a warrant on two occasions in a non-cognisable, compoundable and bailable offence, where as per law regular presence is not required, the lawyer claimed.
A Mumbai court has issued a process (summons) to actor Salman Khan and his bodyguard Nawaz Shaikh on a complaint filed by a journalist in connection with a dispute in 2019.
A lawyer was killed on Tuesday during clashes between the security personnel and followers of a Hindu community leader, who was denied bail and sent to jail by a court in the port city of Chattogram in Bangladesh, police said.
The latest complaint pertains to the Aam Aadmi Party national convenor not honouring summonses number 4 to 8 sent by the federal probe agency under Section 50 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), the ED said.
Mumbai court issues summons to cricketer Prithvi Shaw on social media influencer's plea
BJP MLA and complainant Purnesh Modi, in his reply filed earlier in the same court, opposed Gandhi's plea for a stay on conviction saying the Congress leader is a 'repetitive offender' who is in the habit of making defamatory statements.
A case has been filed under Section 153A and 295A of the Indian Penal Code and Section 2 of The Prevention Of Insults To National Honour Act, 1971.
Bangladesh police have filed a case against deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina and 72 others on charges of hatching a conspiracy to overthrow the interim government led by Muhammad Yunus by waging a civil war, officials and media reports said on Saturday.
Historically, Hindus made up approximately 22 per cent of Bangladesh's population during the 1971 Liberation War.
B Ramalinga Raju, the founder of Satyam computers and main accused in the Satyam accounting fraud case, appeared before a local court for the second time on Thursday after being granted bail by the Andhra Pradesh High Court.
A section of lawyers on Thursday evening at a court premises in New Delhi shouting slogans against Aaftab Amin Poonawala, accused in the Mehrauli killing case.
A special court trying the multi-crore Satyam accounting fraud today dismissed the petition of three accused in the scam seeking postponement on hearing of charges against them.
Meanwhile, multiple fingerprints of the accused have been collected from various spots from actor's building, police said.
Over a year after the National Investigation Agency got access to 26/11 conspirator David Headley, a metropolitan court has issued letters rogatory to a US court requesting it to enable the Mumbai police to question him and his alleged accomplice Tahawwur Rana in the Mumbai attack case.
The Karnataka high court on Friday stayed for three weeks proceedings against Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen legislator Akbaruddin Owaisi in a lower court in Bangalore in connection with a complaint filed against him for his alleged hate speech.
A city magistrate on Wednesday told the 26/11 trial court that prime accused Ajmal Amir Kasab had confessed before her voluntarily, his role in the terror attacks, saying he wanted others to draw inspiration from his confession.
The 42nd additional chief metropolitan magistrate court had on June 12 remanded him to the custody of the Special Investigation Team, which is probing the cases against him, till June 18.
A local court on Thursday dismissed the petition filed by Satyam Computers former MD Rama Raju and its ex-CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, seeking permission to use laptops in jail.
A magistrate court here has summoned the CEO of HSBC India and others to appear before it after finding that the MNC bank had "forged" documents to wriggle out of a case relating to termination of an employee.
Hearing a complaint filed by a social activist, a local court in Mumbai has directed the city police to probe into the 'missing' bullet-proof jacket of former Anti Terrorist Squad chief Hemant Karkare, who was shot dead by the terrorists during the 26/11 terror attacks near Cama Hospital.
The XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court allowed the petition of G Ramakrishna, who worked as vice-president (Finance) in the IT firm, to represent himself in the case.
The Raju brothers, along with Satyam's former CFO Vadlamani Srinivas, are in judicial custody awaiting charges to be filed against them. On January 7, Raju disclosed that he had falsified profits and created fictitious assets in the company, which is now being administered by a government-appointed board.
The Bollywood actor had "no respect for varied communities of India, law of the land and authorised government bodies" and even made fun of the judiciary, it stated.
While rejecting their bail pleas on July 28 in a case related to alleged production and streaming of pornographic content through apps, the court also said that the police had followed the legal procedure.
The Bombay high court on Thursday dismissed the plea filed by actor Kangana Ranaut seeking quashing of the criminal defamation proceedings initiated against her by a court in Mumbai based on lyricist Javed Akhtar's complaint.
The CBI successfully managed to get Monika Kapoor extradited from the United States, ending her 25-year flight from justice. She is accused of economic offenses including forgery and fraud.
In fresh trouble for jailed Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen Member of Legislative Assembly Akbaruddin Owaisi, a local court on Thursday took cognisance of a complaint against him for his alleged 'hate speech' and issued summons directing him to appear before it on February 4.
The XXI additional chief metropolitan magistrate court allowed the petition of G Rama Krishna, accused No. 7 in the case, and directed the superintendent of Chanchalguda Central Prison to provide him a computer.
The Bombay high court on Thursday quashed a 2019 complaint lodged against actor Salman Khan by a journalist alleging misbehaviour.
Kingfisher has faced lawsuits from GMR and GVK-group run airports and also faced cases of cheque bouncing.
The court also summoned Vinod Tomar, suspended assistant secretary of the Wrestling Federation of India.
A local court on Thursday referred the 2012 assault case involving Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan for mediation.
A non-bailable arrest warrant was on Monday issued by a city court against Sanjay Dutt for failing to appear in a case of alleged threat to a film producer after which the actor gave himself up and secured bail.
Nikhil Sosale, Head of Marketing and Revenue of RCB, Sunil Mathew and Kiran Kumar from DNA entertainment private limited are among those who have been arrested, sources said.
A Mumbai court remanded a man arrested in the Saif Ali Khan attack case in police custody till January 24 after observing that the police's contention of an international conspiracy cannot be ruled out. The alleged attacker was a Bangladeshi national who had illegally entered India and changed his name to Bijoy Das. Police are investigating the motive behind the attack and whether there is an international conspiracy involved. Saif Ali Khan was stabbed multiple times in the attack and underwent a five-hour surgery.
The family of B Ramalinga Raju, the main accused in the multi-crore fraud at Satyam Computer, has approached a local court seeking a direction to de-freeze bank accounts and return seized electronic items.
