Two former navy commanders, arrested for their alleged roles in the 2006 naval war room leak case, were on Friday granted bail by the Delhi high court on the condition that they would not contact co-accused Ravi Shankaran, who is holed up in London and facing extradition proceedings. "I have allowed both the petitions (of former naval commanders Kulbushan Parashar and Vijender Rana) for grant of bail," Justice V K Shali said.
A special tribunal on Wednesday upheld the ban imposed by the Centre on Students Islamic Movement of India, which has links with Pakistan-based terrorist outfits including Lashkar-e-Tayiba and its front, Indian Mujahideen.
RTL had challenged Special Judge O P Saini's decision to put it on trial, saying it never held stakes in excess of 9.9 per cent in Swan Telecom and that too was divested prior to the grant of licences in 2008.
Former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura, arrested for his alleged role in the 2G spectrum allocation scam along with former telecom minister A Raja on February 2, was denied bail by the Delhi high court on Friday.
The Delhi high court will hear on Friday bail pleas of Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam member of Parliament Kanimozhi and five other accused in the 2G case, advancing the hearing of their petitions from December one.
The Delhi high court on Tuesday deferred to December 20 the hearing on a plea by the city police seeking withdrawal of charges under stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act against alleged gangster Abu Salem as it violated provisions of the extradition agreement with Portugal.
The court's order came on the petition of Nilam Katara, mother of the victim, seeking a direction to the jail authorities and All India Institute of Medical Sciences to produce entire record relating to Yadav's ailments and his visits to the premier hospital.
Encouraged by the Supreme Court order granting bail to five corporate executives in the 2G case on Wednesday, Dravida Munnettra Kazhagam Member of Parliament Kanimozhi and five other accused moved the Delhi high court for early hearing of their bail pleas. Shortly after the Supreme Court order in the morning, counsel for the accused approached the high court registry for early listing of the matter which is now scheduled to be heard on December 1 by Justice V K Shali.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted five days parole to Manu Sharma, serving life term in Tihar Jail for killing ramp model Jessica Lall in 1999, on the condition that he will not visit night clubs or discotheques during the period.
The Delhi high court on Wednesday sought Central Bureau of Investigation's response on the bail pleas of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP Kanimozhi and four others arrested for their alleged roles in the 2G spectrum allocation case.
"These are unreasonable visits. No record suggested that the treatment for TB was given to them. It appeared there was no need of their hospital visit," the HC bench said, while going through the records which stated that Vishal visited Batra Hospital more than 40 times, while Vikas went to AIIMS for over 80 times.
The Delhi high court on Friday stayed the grant of bail to former telecom minister A Raja's ex-private secretary R K Chandolia, an accused in the 2G case.
Bail hearings of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam member of Parliament Kanimozhi and five others in the 2G case will continue in the Delhi high court on Monday after arguments could not conclude on Friday.
The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought the city police stand on a plea for parole by Manu Sharma, who is serving life term in Tihar Jail for killing ramp model Jessica Lall in 1999.
A judge of the Delhi High Court held one-on-one discussion on Monday with ailing former union Minister George Fernandes to decide the legal battle over his custody between his wife Leila Kabir and his brothers. 80-year-old Fernendes, who was brought in the courtroom on the wheelchair by his wife Leila Kabir, was taken inside Justice V K Shali's chambers to ascertain his mind on with whom he prefers to live.
Reliance Industries Ltd on Thursday told the Delhi High Court that the Delhi government's decision to probe the Centre's policy on gas pricing was a "peculiar" and "absurd" situation.