A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Friday convicted 58 accused in the fodder scam, including seven women, for fraudulently withdrawing over Rs eight crore from the Chaibasa Treasury in the early 1990s.Delivering the verdict, the court of R R Tripathy also acquitted three accused in the case.Former animal husbandry officials R N Barman, Kameshwar Prasad Singh, Audhesh Kumar Singh and N R Prasad Sinha were sentenced to three years rigorous imprisonment.
The CBI had received Rs 802.19 crore initially in the last budget and it was increased to Rs 835.75 crore in the revised estimates for 2020-21.
But as voters gear up for crucial assembly and parliamentary polls on May 13, all eyes are on the high-stakes battle in Pulivendula, an assembly constituency that has been a Reddy family stronghold for over four decades.
Heated exchanges between the counsel for the Central Bureau of Investigation and those appearing for parents of murdered teenager Aarushi Talwar took place in a special court in Ghaziabad on Friday after the agency protested their plea for copies of documents submitted by it along with the closure report.
Earlier, Special Central Bureau of Investigation judge O P Saini had rejected Chandra's plea seeking permission to go to Mount Elizabeth Hospital at Singapore for the treatment of his minor son, who has been suffering from a kidney problem earlier and now been diagnosed with diabetes.
Jailed former Bharatiya Janata Party president Bangaru Laxman was on Thursday granted bail by the Delhi high court in a case against him for taking bribe in a fictitious defence deal.
The district police said they were apprehended from Goa in a joint operation by the Haryana Police and the Delhi Police.
The Allahabad High Court reserved its order on three PILs, challenging dropping of proceedings against Chief Minister Mayawati and her cabinet colleague Naseemuddin Siddiqui in the Taj Corridor case.
Kumar failed to appear before the CBI on Tuesday morning, increasing the possibility of his arrest.
Janata Dal Chairman Subramanian Swamy on Wednesday filed a complaint in a Delhi court seeking his inclusion as a public prosecutor in the 2G spectrum case. Swamy is also likely to move the Supreme Court, urging it to direct the Central Bureau of Investigation to name former telecom minister A Raja as an accused in the case.According to him, the agency has already collected substantial evidence against A Raja to include him in the list as an accused.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Saturday directed Dera Sacha Sauda chief Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh to be present on August 23 to hear formal framing of charges against him in connection with a 1999 case involving the rape of a female disciple.Singh was not present in the court today owing to ill health, skipping a second successive appearance. The Dera chief is the lone accused in the case of alleged sexual exploitation involving a female sect member.
Former Telecom Minister Sukhram has been held guilty by a Delhi court of misusing his official position when he was in the P V Narasimha Rao cabinet and giving undue favour to a cable supply company in a 15-year-old case.
The Centre has approached the Supreme Court seeking its direction to restrain Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy from making public statements in the 2G case, saying that matter is subjudice.
The Supreme Court Registry is learnt to have refused to accept the Centre's plea seeking modification of its 2012 verdict in the 2G spectrum case which had said the State was duty bound to adopt the auction route while transferring or alienating the country's natural resources.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Tuesday fixed November 18 as the next date of hearing in the Babri mosque demolition case. "On the request of defence counsel Hari Dutt Sharma, who is seeking an adjournment on personal grounds, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Vishnu Prasad Agarwal posted the matter for further hearing on November 18," the prosecution said.
A Delhi court on Friday refused permission to jailed former Telecom Minister A Raja to visit and assist his lawyers in the Supreme Court during hearings in the 2G spectrum allocation scam, saying enough time was being granted to him for legal consultations.
Former telecom minister A Raja's plea to witness and assist his counsel during the proceedings in the Supreme Court on the 2G scam case was on Friday dismissed by a Delhi court. Raja, in his application, had sought permission to appear and witness the judicial proceedings in the apex court so that he can assist his lawyer Sushil Kumar there.
A Delhi court on Saturday deferred the arguments on the bail applications of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam member of parliament Kanimozhi and Kalaignar TV Managing Director Sharad Kumar, accused in the 2G spectrum case, on their plea that they may be heard after the judge frames charges in the case.
Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Thursday pleaded before a Delhi court that it should bring on record purported new facts that former finance minister P Chidambaram and former telecom minister A Raja had a role in deciding 2G spectrum prices and entry fee. In a fresh application in the court of Special Central Bureau of Investigation judge O P Saini, Swami said he wanted to bring "new facts" on court records through his deposition.
The Calcutta high court on Friday ordered house arrest of four political leaders, including two Bengal ministers, who were held in the Narada sting tapes case earlier in the week.
A special Central Bureau of Investigation court on Friday granted permission to the Enforcement Directorate to question YSR Congress Party chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy with regard to suspected foreign fund flow into his firms.
Former telecom minister A Raja on Monday sought to rope in Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh and the then Finance Minister P Chidamabaram in the 2G scam case, telling a court that the issue of dilution of equity by spectrum licencees was discussed with them.
The judge also further extended judicial remand of Salem's companion Monica Bedi till January 25.
Two days after getting bail from the Supreme Court in the 2G case, former Telecom Secretary Siddharth Behura was on Friday released from the Tihar jail after a lapse of over 15 months since his arrest.
The special Central Bureau of Investigation court's order to prosecute dentist Nupur Talwar in the twin murder case of her daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj has faced flak from the Supreme Court, which has said the magistrate should have been more careful in passing her judgment. A bench of justices A K Patnaik and J S Khehar raised questions on some of the findings of the magistrate, on the basis of which Nupur Talwar was summoned to face trial.
Former Telecom Minister A Raja, facing trial in the 2G spectrum allocation case, on Wednesday moved a Delhi court for bail saying the case against him is "false and fabricated".
A Delhi court on Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of Swan Telecom promoter Shahid Usman Balwa, his cousin Asif Balwa and their associate Rajeev Agarwal in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
Cineyug Films Pvt Ltd Director Karim Morani, an accused in the 2G spectrum case, appeared before a Delhi court on Tuesday and filed his regular bail application.
An emotional M Karunanidhi on Monday met his daughter and Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam member of Parliament Kanimozhi, arrested in the 2G spectrum case, at the Tihar jail in New Delhi and spent nearly 30 minutes with her. He also met former telecom minister A Raja and Kalaingar TV managing director Sharad Kumar, both arrested for their involvement in the scam.
Former Union Communications Minister Sukhram was convicted on Fridayby a Delhi Court for amassing Rs 4.25 crore of disproportionate assets that included seizure of Rs 2.45 crore from his residence in New Delhi.
Refusing to give up his efforts to make Home Minister P Chidambaram a co-accused in 2G scam, Janata Party chief Subramanian Swamy on Saturday said he will move the Supreme Court within a month to challenge a Delhi court's order rejecting his plea as he has a "very, very strong case".
In a huge relief to Home Minister P Chidambaram and to the United Progressive Alliance government, a Delhi court on Saturday threw out a plea to make him an accused in the 2G case.
A Delhi court on Saturday deferred till 12:30 pm the pronouncement of its order on Janata Party President Subramanian Swamy's plea to prosecute Home Minister P Chidambaram in the 2G case.
A Delhi court rejected the anticipatory bail plea of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar on Monday, in the cases relating to 1984 anti-Sikh riots after the prosecution contended that the witnesses were apprehensive.
Statements of five 'Angadiya' firm operators have also been recorded by the ED to establish the "money trail" of this alleged Rs 45 crore bribe amount.
The charges have been framed in cases that involve selling of fake stamp papers. \n
The judge also permitted the advocate to meet Bedi, lodged in Chanchalguda central prison, before 5 pm today.
The parents of Aarushi Talwar, who was killed nearly two-and-a-half years ago, moved a plea before the special Central Bureau of Investigation court in Ghaziabad on Tuesday asking for documents that the agency has filed along with its closure report.
Former telecom minister Sukh Ram on Wednesday moved the Delhi high court challenging his conviction and sentencing by a trial court for taking Rs 3 lakh as bribe to award a lucrative contract to a telecom firm in 1996.
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