'Daswand' -- or the receiving of donations of one-tenth of a devotee's earning -- has landed self-styled spiritual guru 'Nirmal Baba' in trouble with a notice having been slapped on him for alleged Service Tax evasion of Rs 3.5 crore.
The Patna high court on Wednesday stayed the operation of the non-bailable arrest warrant issued by a court against self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba. Justice S P Singh passed the order and fixed June 16 as the next date for hearing.
Godman Nirmal Baba, whose antics swayed lakhs of people across the country, will soon be in the dock with Lucknow Chief Judicial Magistrate Rajesh Upadhaya ordering a local police station to register a criminal case of cheating against him.
The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad high court on Tuesday sought the Centre's response by July 16 on a plea seeking for directions to stop the transmission of Nirmal Baba's discourse on various TV channels.
The Patna high court on Tuesday reserved its order on self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba's plea challenging the legality of the non-bailable arrest warrant issued by a court in Araria in Bihar against him.
In a major relief to controversial self-proclaimed godman Nirmal Baba, the Madhya Pradesh high court in Jabalpur granted him an anticipatory bail on Monday.
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The list includes names like Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, Rampal, Asaram and his son Narayan Sai.
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