The Bombay high court hearing the TRP scam case on Friday extended till March 5 the interim protection against coercive action granted to journalist Arnab Goswami and other employees of ARG Outlier Media that runs Republic TV channels.
The high-profile journalist has been remanded in judicial custody till November 18.
The Centre informed the court that it has accepted the Bihar government's recommendation for a CBI probe in the matter.
In a letter addressed to Nupur Sharma, heading the CBI's special team, Chakraborty said her neighbour Dimple Thawani had falsely claimed that Rajput had dropped her (Chakraborty) to her house in suburban Mumbai in his car on June 13, a day before he was found hanging at his residence in Bandra.
Supermodel Viveka Babajee was in a relationship with stock analyst Gautam Vora and the two were contemplating marriage before she committed suicide, her family claimed on Thursday and said they were mulling pressing of abetment to suicide charge against him.
Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh said on Wednesday that police officer Sachin Vaze will be removed from the Crime Branch and posted in some other department.
The court said it is the responsibility of Parliament to show its collective will to restrain criminals from entering politics or legislature to save democracy and the country governed on democratic principles and the rule of law.
Several loyal party old guards were unhappy and had expressed their displeasure openly about "migrants" scuttling the chances of them becoming ministers.
The AIIMS medical board on Saturday stated that Rajput died by suicide and it was not a murder.
In her complaint sent to the Bandra police in Mumbai on Sunday, Chakraborty sought that Priyanka Singh and Dr Tarun Kumar, working with Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi, be booked under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code for forgery, the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the Telemedicine Practice Guidelines.
Footage aired on Republic TV and social media platforms showed Goswami arguing with police official, alleging assault and pleading for medical aid.
The NCB began its investigation after the Enforcement Directorate, which was probing money laundering charges linked to the case, shared some social media chats retrieved from Rhea Chakraborty's mobile phone, hinting at the alleged use of banned drugs.
The police had sought Goswami's custody for 14 days, but the court held that custodial interrogation was not required. After the court remanded Goswami in judicial custody, his lawyers Aabad Ponda and Gaurav Parkar filed an application seeking bail.
Sunanda's mail and messages on social media should be taken as a "dying declaration", the police told the court, which reserved for June 5 its order on whether to summon Tharoor as an accused in the case.
The plea has sought directions to the Centre to frame rules, regulations or guidelines to govern reporting or broadcasting of all news related to criminal investigations.
Deepika and her husband Ranveer Singh on Thursday flew back to Mumbai from Goa, ahead of her appearance before the NCB. The couple arrived at Goa International Airport amid heavy security around 8 pm and boarded a chartered flight.
'I came to Bigg Boss so that I could explore and understand myself.'
'We will interrogate and punish the guilty.' 'Please don't use this case as a Maharashtra versus Bihar issue.' 'This is the most deplorable thing to do.'
The CBI should also follow the COVID-19 safety rules, Maharashtra minister Vijay Wadettiwar said.
"We condemn the attack on press freedom in #Maharashtra. This is not the way to treat the press. This reminds us of the emergency days when the press was treated like this," the minister tweeted.
The court reserved its order for Thursday.
A city court on Thursday directed framing of abetment to suicide charge against industrialist Ashok Todi and three others in the case of mysterious death of computer graphics teacher Rizwanur Rahman.
The Central Bureau of Investigation recently took over the probe in the case, based on a Patna police FIR related to alleged criminal conspiracy and abetment to suicide against Rajput's girlfriend and actor Rhea Chakraborty.
Tadvi's roommate and friend Snehal in her statement to the police, which is part of the chargesheet, has said Ahuja, Meher and Khandelwal used to harass and ill-treat them in front of other juniors, hospital staff and patients.
Tharoor was earlier summoned as an accused by a magisterial court for the alleged offences of abetment of suicide and committing cruelty towards Pushkar.
The commission had on August 25 issued a show-cause notice to the hospital and police after some news channels claimed that Chakraborty, Rajput's girlfriend, was allowed entry into the post-mortem room in the morgue in violation of norms.
The actress, who is the complainant in the case against Rajput's sisters Priyanka Singh and Meetu Singh, filed an affidavit in the HC on Tuesday opposing their plea and said the allegations against them are serious.
When they arrived, CBI sleuths were accompanied by Rajput's cook Neeraj, another domestic help Deepesh Sawant and the actor's flat-mate Siddharth Pithani. These three were present in the flat when Rajput was found hanging in his room.
After fresh first information reports against former Haryana director general of police S P S Rathore in the Ruchika molestation case, the National Commission for Women on Wednesday suggested inclusion of charges like abetment to suicide, criminal conspiracy and fabrication of false evidence.
The police sought the sessions court to quash the CJM order and grant them custody of the three accused.
Battling for justice for 20 years, the family of Ruchika Girhotra on Tuesday voiced satisfaction over the court enhancing the sentence of her molester and former director general of police SPS Rathore, but said their fight will continue till he is charged with abetment of her suicide. "We are satisfied as justice has been delivered. But we will continue to fight till he (Rathore) is charged under Section 306 of the IPC for abetment of suicide," Ruchika's father said.
Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda indicated on Saturday that a first information report under abetment to suicide complaint filed two days ago by Ruchika's brother might be registered once investigations are completed.
A suicide note recovered from the crime scene held two persons responsible for his death.
The Haryana Police FIR came four days after Ruchika's brother filed a complaint with the cops for abetment of suicide against Rathore.
Ashu Girhotra, brother of Ruchika, in his complaint sought filing of case against 67-year-old Rathore under the harsher Sec 306 (abetment to suicide) for which the maximum punishment is 10 years.
The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain the appeal of Sushant Singh Rajput's sister challenging the Bombay high court order which refused to quash a first information report lodged against her on the complaint of actress Rhea Chakraborty, the late actor's girlfriend.
Goswami came out of the jail around 8.30 pm and waved to people assembled outside from the vehicle carrying him, and thanked the Supreme Court for granting him interim bail.
'Bring Mossad and KGB too. There is nothing to hide. We are not opposing the CBI. When the Mumbai Police is already on the job, what will the CBI do?'
The Bombay High Court has dismissed a petition filed by Rabia Khan, mother of late actor Jiah Khan, challenging the CBI's charge sheet terming Jiah's death as suicide and not homicide, paving the way for trial to commence against Sooraj Pancholi in the case.
After hitting out at the Central Bureau of Investigation for making a "compromise", the family of Ruchika Girhotra, who ended her life three years after being molested by retired Haryana DGP SPS Rathore, on Sunday said a fresh case would be filed against him for inclusion of abetment to suicide charge.
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