New Delhi, May 21 (IANS) A fresh petition seeking initiation of criminal contempt proceedings has been filed before the Delhi High Court against Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, party leader Saurabh Bharadwaj, MLA Gopal Rai and investigative journalist Saurav Das over alleged “scandalous and contemptuous” social media posts targeting Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in connection with the excise policy case. The petition, filed by advocate Ashok …
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New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued fresh notices to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor Arvind Kejriwal, ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia and party leader Durgesh Pathak in a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging their discharge in the alleged excise policy corruption case. During the hearing, a single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain observed that several respondents had failed to appear or file their responses despite repeated listings…
New Delhi, May 18 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has constituted a new Bench to hear the CBI’s plea challenging the discharge of AAP leaders, including former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and ex-Deputy CM Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case, after Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma recused from the matter following initiation of criminal contempt proceedings.A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain will now hear the CBI’s revision petition against the trial court order that had discharged K…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice to AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 21 others on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging their discharge in the Delhi excise policy case.A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma sought responses from the accused on the CBI’s criminal revision petition assailing the trial court order which had refused to frame charges and dis…
New Delhi, Feb 27 (IANS) A Delhi court, on Friday, acquitted all the 23 accused, including the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and former Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case being investigated by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), saying that the prosecution failed to establish even a prima facie case or raise a “grave suspicion” warranting the framing of charges. In a detailed order running into more than 1,100 paragraphs, Special Judge (…