Oxygen supply scam accused seeks FIR quashing, Bombay High Court sees no urgency

Oxygen supply scam accused seeks FIR quashing, Bombay High Court sees no urgency

The Bombay High Court issued a notice to the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Mumbai Police to reply to a plea for quashing an FIR registered against Romin Chheda who is said to be close to Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Aditya Thackeray. However, the bench of Justices Ajay Gadkari and Shyam Chandak refused to grant … Read more

Madras High Court stays investigation against former DGP R. Natraj falsely accused of sharing derogatory content on social media

Madras High Court stays investigation against former DGP R. Natraj falsely accused of sharing derogatory content on social media

The judge granted the interim stay after being prima facie satisfied that a malicious complaint had been lodged with an ulterior motive. | Photo Credit: File photo The Madras High Court on Tuesday stayed the investigation being conducted by the Tiruchi cyber crime police against former Director General of Police (DGP) R. Natraj, 72, for … Read more

ED need not furnish person accused under PMLA with copy of grounds of detention at the time of arrest: SC

ED need not furnish person accused under PMLA with copy of grounds of detention at the time of arrest: SC

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) need not furnish a person accused under the PMLA with a copy of the grounds of detention at the time of his arrest, the Supreme Court clarified. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Supreme Court has clarified in a judgment that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) need not furnish a person accused … Read more

Mangaluru blast case: NIA files chargesheet against two accused

Mangaluru blast case: NIA files chargesheet against two accused

ADGP (Law & Order) Alok Kumar inspects the auto-rickshaw in which a blast occured at Padil-Pumpwell main road the previous day, as part of investigation process in Mangaluru on November 20, 2022. | Photo Credit: MANJUNATH HS The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Wednesday filed a chargesheet against two accused in the “Islamic State-sponsored” pressure … Read more

ED opposes bail plea of accused in Karuvannur case

ED opposes bail plea of accused in Karuvannur case

Private moneylender P. Satheesh Kumar, also an accused in the Karuvannur Service Cooperative Bank fraud case, was the benami of several prominent political leaders and police officers, according to the Enforcement Directorate (ED). M.J. Satheesh, the standing counsel for the agency, read out the statements of K.A. Jijor, a witness in the case, to this … Read more

Mallikarjun Kharge meets Dalit engineer, slams BJP for fielding MLA accused of assaulting him

Mallikarjun Kharge meets Dalit engineer, slams BJP for fielding MLA accused of assaulting him

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge at Tijara. | Photo Credit: ANI Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge, accompanied by Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, met a Dalit engineer, who was allegedly assaulted by a party MLA in 2022, at Sawai Man Singh Government Hospital in Jaipur on November 18. Mr. Kharge slammed the BJP for fielding the MLA, … Read more

NIA arrests Pune ISIS module case accused 

NIA arrests Pune ISIS module case accused 

The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has arrested Mohammad Shahnawaz Alam, an accused in the Pune ISIS module case in which seven persons were earlier held. Alam, a resident of Katkamsandi in Jharkhand’s Hazaribagh, had escaped from the custody of the Pune police on July 19 after he was arrested along with Mohammed Imran Khan and … Read more

UAPA case against PFI members | SC to hear NIA plea against bail for eight accused on Oct 30

UAPA case against PFI members | SC to hear NIA plea against bail for eight accused on Oct 30

A view of the Supreme Court. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear on October 30 a plea by the NIA challenging the Madras High Court order granting bail to eight accused in a case registered under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act against the alleged office bearers, members and … Read more