New Delhi, March 14 (IANS) Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday furnished surety bonds of Rs 50,000 each before a court here following their discharge in the corruption case linked to the now-scrapped Delhi excise policy. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders appeared before the Rouse Avenue Court and submitted the surety bonds in compliance with the order passed earlier while discharging them from the case investigated by the Centra…
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Hyderabad, March 12 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Thursday served notice to Telangana Jagruthi leader K. Kavitha in connection with the hearing of the Delhi excise policy case in the Delhi High Court.A team of CBI officials personally handed over the notice of the High Court, informing her about the hearing of the CBI’s petition on March 16.Kavitha has been informed that she is at liberty to argue anything against the petition on the date fixed or any other date to which …
New Delhi, March 11 (IANS) AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal has submitted a representation to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court seeking the transfer of the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) revision petition in the Delhi excise policy case from the Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma.In his representation, former Delhi CM Kejriwal requested Chief Justice Devendra Kumar Upadhyaya – who is the master of the roster -that the case be reassigned to a different Bench of the Delhi …
New Delhi, March 10 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued notice on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking expunging of certain adverse observations made against it by a trial court while discharging all accused, including AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case.A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma directed the top AAP leaders and other respondents to file their responses to the ED’s petition, and indicated that the ma…
New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) Delhi BJP President Virendra Sachdeva, on Monday, welcomed the Delhi High Court’s decision to admit for hearing the petition filed against the discharge of former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, and other accused by a lower CBI court in the excise policy scam. The Delhi BJP President said that the life of lies and deception is very short.”Judicial processes may take a little longer, but ultimately truth prevails. Whethe…
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, March 6 (IANS) Soon after facing questions of the Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee, former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday tried to give the ‘Faansi Ghar’ authentication matter a political twist, accusing the BJP of disrespecting freedom fighters.Kejriwal’s former deputy Manish Sisodia failed to appear before the Committee despite being given a last chance.Sticking to AAP’s stand that a ‘Faansi Ghar’ existed on the Assembly premises during the British era, Kejriw…
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Delhi Assembly’s Privileges Committee Chief Pradyuman Singh Rajput said on Friday that former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and other Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leaders could not present any factual document to support their claims about the existence of a ‘Faansi Ghar’ (gallows) on the premises of the Legislature. “By making unsubstantiated claims about a ‘Faansi Ghar’ without any historical proof, they have not only misled the public but have also insulted the memory of o…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Former Delhi Chief Minister and Leader of Opposition (LoP) Atishi, on Thursday, asked Lieutenant Governor (L-G) V.K. Saxena to apologise for the alleged “political conspiracies” by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to implicate Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. She said the L-G should take moral responsibility for the failed bid to implicate Kejriwal in the case which has been dismissed by a Special CBI court.Ci…
New Delhi, March 5 (IANS) Delhi Assembly Speaker Vijender Gupta on Thursday cautioned Leader of Opposition (LoP) Atishi not to insult or discredit the Assembly Committees for “narrow political gains”.The Speaker’s advisory followed LoP Atishi’s critical public comments on the ongoing ‘Faansi Ghar’ enquiry by the Committee of Privileges.In a formal letter issued on Thursday, the Speaker criticised the LoP in the Delhi Assembly for making unsubstantiated statements during a Press brief…