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.
The XXI additional chief metropolitan magistrate BVLN Chakravarti after dismissing the petitions of the accused seeking discharge from the case, personally inquired if the accused committed the crime.
The Central Bureau of Investigation, probing the multi-crore accounting scam in Satyam Computers on Monday completed its arguments on the charges to be framed against 10 accused in the case.
Raju, the prime accused in the accounting scam in the IT firm, made his fifth appearance in the XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate court, after he got bail from the Andhra Pradesh high court.
A local court in Hyderabad on Thursday put the hearing of arguments on framing of charges against former Chairman of Satyam Computers B Ramalinga Raju and nine other accused in the multi-crore accounting scam in the IT firm to August 24.
The hearing on framing of charges against ten accused in Satyam Computers multi-crore accounting scam was deferred to August 31.
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 local court on Friday adjourned the case of examination of former Chairman of Satyam Computers B Ramalinga Raju through a questionnaire and nine other accused in the multi-crore accounting fraud in the IT firm to July 26.
Former chairman of Satyam Computer Services B Ramalinga Raju, the prime accused in multi-crore accounting fraud in the IT firm, on Monday gave consent for his examination on the charges against him through a questionnaire.
A local court on Tuesday directed the NIMS hospital in Hyderabad to file a fresh report regarding the health condition of former chairman of Satyam Computers B Ramalinga Raju, before it by July 1, even as CBI filed a memo seeking second opinion report through independent committee of doctors.
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.
A day after two former Satyam Computer auditors denied their role in the multi-crore accounting scam at the IT firm, another accused on Friday told a court that CBI had no substantial evidence against him. D Venkatapathi Raju, a former Satyam employee, argued that he cannot be clubbed as a co-conspirator in the corporate fraud which came to light in January last year.
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.
ED filed a bulky prosecution investigation report before the XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate cum Special Sessions Judge here today seeking to "prosecute the accused for the offence of money laundering" under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The Enforcement Directorate in October last year had filed the complaint against Raju and 212 others, including 166 companies, before the XXI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court cum Special Sessions Judge here for allegedly laundering funds under a 'corporate veil' to perpetrate the accounting scam that rocked the business world in 2009.
Is there no mechanism to abrogate Article 370 even when the people of Jammu and Kashmir want it, the Supreme Court asked on Thursday and wondered if the now repealed provision can't be touched, will it not amount to creating a "new category" beyond the basic structure of the Constitution.
A sessions court in Mumbai has dismissed a criminal defamation complaint filed by a Mumbai police officer against Republic TV editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami over certain claims made during the coverage of the Sushant Singh Rajput death case.
The trial in Satyam fraud case had concluded in second half of June before the special court, which examined 216 witnesses and marked 3,038 documents during the course of the hearing.
Raju was arrested by the Crime Investigation Department of Andhra Pradesh Police two days later along with his brother.
Jammu and Kashmir high court has ruled that Article 370, granting special status to the state, has assumed place of permanence in the Constitution and the feature is beyond amendment, repeal or abrogation.