The bench has divided the hearing on Kejriwal's petition against his arrest into two parts. His main petition challenges his arrest by the ED and seeks it to be declared as illegal, while the second aspect pertains to grant of interim bail keeping in mind the ongoing Lok Sabha polls. The court has reserved the order on the issue of grant of interim bail.
The assembly polls are seen as a test of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity, especially in the wake of demonetisation.
The opposition Congress could muster only 16 votes against the government with one of its legislators absenting from the crucial floor test.
The ED had arrested Kejriwal on March 21, hours after the high court refused to grant him protection from coercive action by the federal anti-money laundering agency.
'The present case is a classic case of how the ruling party led central government has misused the central agency- Enforcement Directorate and its wide powers under PMLA to crush its biggest political opponent -Aam Aadmi Party and its leaders'
The statements made by witnesses in the Central Bureau of Investigation's chargesheet in the Scarlett Eden Keeling case has exposed the underbelly of drug cartel run in Goa through beach shacks. British teenager Scarlett Eden Keeling was found dead at Anjuna on February 18, 2008.
John, who surrendered before the Crime Branch on Wednesday after absconding for almost a month, was produced before the Judicial Magistrate Margao who remanded him in police custody, a police officer said.
Congress member of Parliament, Shantaram Naik has expressed grave concern over the dangerous trend of the Supreme Court laying down "laws" in the name of interpretation, thereby diluting Parliament's supremacy to frame laws.
GST authorities have issued show cause notices worth Rs 1 lakh crore to online gaming companies for tax evasion so far, a senior official said on Wednesday. The official, however, said there is no data yet of foreign gaming companies registering in India since October 1. The government has amended the GST law, making it mandatory for overseas online gaming companies to register in India from October 1.
Describing former Chief Minister Digambar Kamat as a "habitual offender involved in corrupt practices", the Goa crime branch has alleged before a court in Panaji that he "actively participated" in the conspiracy and was among the beneficiaries in Louis Berger bribery case.
The division bench took serious note of beach beds that were blocking free access to beaches.
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.
After he failed to appear before the Enforcement Directorate, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has been summoned for the fourth time in less than three months by the agency for questioning on January 18 in the Delhi excise policy-linked money laundering case, official sources said on Saturday.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Friday defended in the Supreme Court the arrest of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, saying it was necessary as he chose to remain evasive and non-cooperative in his replies to questions about his role in the alleged excise policy scam.
The Goa CM knows running a coalition government while pursuing a development agenda will require a fine balancing act.
The petitions have sought a stay on the Speaker's order and a direction for holding a fresh floor test. The petitions have been filed by the members of BJP and MGGP.
Goa's Rural Development Minister Fransisco Miccky Pacheco, whose conviction for assaulting a government servant was upheld by the Supreme Court, resigned from the cabinet on Friday saying he did not want to cause further embarrassment to the BJP-led government in the state.
Additional Solicitor General SV Raju, representing the two probe agencies, told a bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and SVN Bhatti he has instructions to state that the agencies are considering making AAP an accused, invoking legal provisions on "vicarious liability" under the anti-corruption law and section 70 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The inmates broke the security ring and reached near the jail's main gate, but were stopped by police teams which were rushed to control the situation.
Banerjee said her microphone was stopped after five minutes, while other chief ministers were allowed to speak for longer durations.
The National People's Party, which rules Meghalaya, is another national party which received no donations through electoral bonds.
The five-member Regulatory Commission of the Indian Super League met in Mumbai over the three days, in continuation of its earlier sittings since February 2016, to hear the submissions of the respective parties in the matter of Football Sports Development Limited vs FC Goa; FC Goa vs Chennaiyin FC; FC Goa vs Elano Blumer and Chennaiyin FC vs FC Goa.
He also alleged that Dalit MLAs, minister or councillors of the AAP were not given any respect.
In a setback to former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia, the Supreme Court on Monday denied him bail in the corruption and money laundering cases related to the alleged Delhi excise policy scam, saying the accusation of "windfall gains" of Rs 338 crore to wholesale liquor dealers was "tentatively supported" by evidence.
The anguish of the party MLAs seems to be directed at Digvijay Singh who has been handling the party affairs in Goa.
The Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear the bail plea of Tehelka founder Tarun Tejpal, an accused in a rape case, and issued notice to the Goa Police.
A court in Goa capital Panaji on Wednesday issued a warrant to search Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's official residence in Delhi to trace former Goa minister Francisco 'Miccky' Pacheco who is reported to be absconding for a fortnight since his conviction in a 2006 assault case.
'I had no idea that behind the charming, ever smiling Goan faces, there is so much complexity and history!' says Ajit Balakrishnan.
The verdict on deemed licences has the Street question whether Sesa Sterlite owns any mines in Goa.
Justifying his arrest, the ED said Kejriwal had been arrested bona fide and not for any mala fide or extraneous reasons.
An aide of Fransisco Pacheco has moved the Bombay high court in the case relating to the death of Pacheco's friend Nadia Torrado, claiming that the former Goa minister was being falsely implicated. The Goa bench of the high court has fixed the date of the hearing of the petition filed by Lyndon Monteiro, officer on special duty to Fransisco Pacheco, on June 14. The OSD in his anticipatory bail plea has said the former minister is being falsely implicated".
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justice P S Narasimha did not agree to the submissions of senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Amit Desai, counsel for Tejpal, that the proceedings be held in private to safeguard the reputation and privacy of the journalist.
News of all that's transpired on and off the football field
Besides the national capital, polling for the sixth round of the marathon seven-phase elections will be held Saturday in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, all 10 seats of Haryana, eight seats each in Bihar and West Bengal, six seats in Odisha, four seats in Jharkhand and one seat in Jammu and Kashmir.
The BJP cited the amendments to the Representation of People Act, 1951 and the relevant portions of the Reserve Bank of India Act and the Income Tax Act for not revealing its donors.
The Goa police chargesheeted a 25-year-old Nigerian tourist for allegedly raping an Australian woman during her stay in Goa last month. The Crime Branch, which investigated the case, filed the chargesheet in a trial court within 15 days of the incident.
The Supreme Court has given a go ahead to Tata Housing Development Company's premium project in Goa, Villa Paradiso, the company said in a press release on Monday.
From steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal to billionaire Sunil Bharti Mittal's Airtel, Anil Agarwal's Vedanta, ITC, Mahindra and Mahindra, and a lesser-known Future Gaming and Hotel Services were among the prominent buyers of the now-scrapped electoral bonds for making political donations.
The Goa government on Wednesday said it was monitoring the situation on the beaches in the wake of strike by lifeguards which entered its second day, even as 361 lifeguards were arrested after they took out a protest march defying prohibitory orders.
