Union Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra’s son Ashish Mishra (centre) and other accused in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case, being produced in a court in Lakhimpur. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Uttar Pradesh Government on January 19 opposed in the Supreme Court the bail plea of Union Minister Ajay Kumar Mishra’s son, … Read more
The Supreme Court on Monday said it will also consider the names of some retired apex court judges to monitor day-to-day investigation in the Lakhimpur Kheri violence incident. The top court also directed the Uttar Pradesh government to upgrade its task force investigating the matter with some high-ranking officials. Senior advocate Harish Salve, representing the … Read more
The Supreme Court on Tuesday directed the Uttar Pradesh government to grant protection to the witnesses of the Lakhimpur Kheri violence case in which eight people including four farmers were killed during a farmers’ protest. A bench headed by Chief justice N V Ramana asked the Uttar Pradesh government, represented by senior advocates Harish Salve … Read more
The SIT probing the Lakhimpur Kheri violence on Thursday took Union Minister Ajay Mishra’s son and three others arrested in the case to recreate the sequence of events leading to the incident in Uttar Pradesh’s Tikonia village. Amid tight security, the three accused were taken to the site of the incident on the Tikonia-Banbirpur road, … Read more
Congress workers on Monday staged a demonstration near the BJP headquarters and outside the Uttar Pradesh Bhawan here to protest against the violent clash in Lakhimpur Kheri that left four farmers dead. Lakhimpur Kheri incident: Priyanka Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav detained; key developments as UP boils Union minister Ajay Mishra’s son was booked in connection with … Read more