New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A Delhi court has convicted two Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officials for offences of assault, mischief and criminal trespass in connection with a controversial search and arrest operation conducted at the residence of a senior Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer in 2000, holding that the action was carried out in a “malafide manner” to frustrate a tribunal order. Judicial Magistrate First Class Shashank Nandan Bhatt of the Tis Hazari Courts convicte…
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New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday directed Congress Parliamentary Party Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to file her written submissions in a criminal revision petition alleging fraudulent inclusion of her name in electoral rolls before she acquired Indian citizenship.While listing the matter for further hearing on May 16, the Rouse Avenue Court directed both parties to file their written submissions within a week.During the hearing, counsel for the complainant concluded his oral argu…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A Delhi court on Saturday acquitted all surviving accused in a decades-old case arising out of alleged fabrication of records in the President’s Secretariat, saying that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that a forged representation was created or that any criminal conspiracy existed. In a detailed judgment, Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jyoti Maheshwari of the Rouse Avenue Court acquitted Mohan Lal Jatia, Ashok Jatia and Ashok Jain of char…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) A Delhi Court is set to hear a criminal revision petition against Sonia Gandhi on Saturday in connection with the alleged fraudulent inclusion of her name in the electoral rolls prior to her acquiring Indian citizenship. The petitioner has already concluded arguments, while submissions on behalf of Gandhi remain inconclusive.Earlier, on March 30, the Rouse Avenue Court adjourned the matter after partial hearings, scheduling it for April 18 to allow the defence to conti…
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister Vishvas Sarang strongly criticised the Congress party for its reaction to the disqualification of Datia MLA Rajendra Bharti, accusing it of habitually opposing constitutional processes while claiming to protect the Constitution.Speaking from his office at ‘74 Bungalows’ in Bhopal, Sarang said: “The Congress party has become habituated to opposing every constitutional process in this country. On one hand, its leaders loudly proclaim the…
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) The Madhya Pradesh State Assembly has officially declared the Datia seat vacant consequent to Rajendra Bharti’s conviction for an offence as established by an April 2 judgment passed by a court in Delhi. The verdict, passed by the Special Judge, Digvijay Singh (PC Act), of the Rouse Avenue District Court, New Delhi, sentenced Bharti to three years of imprisonment and a fine of Rs one lakh.Rajendra Bharti, the elected member from Constituency No. 22 (Datia) of the 16th Le…
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) Politics in Madhya Pradesh has heated up after a Delhi court convicted Datia Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti in a 28-year-old cooperative bank fraud case and sentenced him to three years in prison. The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi found Bharti and co-accused Raghuvir Sharan Prajapati guilty of criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery, and using forged documents. The case involved irregularities in a fixed deposit at the District Cooperative Agriculture and Rural Development Bank…
Bhopal, April 3 (IANS) The membership of Congress MLA from Datia, Rajendra Bharti, has been cancelled from the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly following his conviction in a cooperative bank fraud case by a Delhi court.“As a consequence of his (Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti) conviction — resulting in a three-year term of imprisonment and a monetary fine of Rs 100,000 on April 2, 2026 — and in compliance with the order of the Supreme Court dated July 10, 2013, Rajendra Bhartiya stands disqu…
New Delhi, April 2 (IANS) A Delhi court has granted regular bail to a man accused of posting an AI-morphed image of Prime Minister Narendra Modi on social media, while also directing a preliminary enquiry into an alleged forged document relating to his arrest. Passing the order, Additional Sessions Judge Saurabh Pratap Singh Laler of the Patiala House Courts allowed the first regular bail application filed by Mujahid Jamal Shaikh in connection with FIR No. 44/2026 registered at the Special Cell …
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed a criminal defamation complaint filed by Lipika Mitra, wife of former Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Somnath Bharti, against Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman.Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Paras Dalal of the Rouse Avenue Court declined to proceed with the complaint, holding that no grounds were made out to take cognisance of the allegations.“I do not see anything in this matter to proceed further and I am denying cognisan…