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New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) A court here on Tuesday issued a release order for Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president Uday Bhanu Chib after the Delhi Police submitted a report verifying his bail surety in connection with a shirtless protest during the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam. ​ The Patiala House Court accepted the report filed by the Delhi Police regarding verification of Chib’s bail surety and directed that he be released from jail. ​The development comes a day aft…

New Delhi, March 2 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday extended the judicial custody of Indian Youth Congress (IYC) national president Uday Bhanu Chib, who was arrested over a shirtless protest staged during the India AI Impact Summit at Bharat Mandapam. The Patiala House Court, while extending his custody till Tuesday, directed the Delhi Police to verify his bail surety by 2 p.m. tomorrow and submit the report to the court. The development comes hours after the Delhi High Court stayed a sessions cou…

New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on a plea filed by Congress MP Karti P. Chidambaram challenging a trial court order framing charges against him in connection with the alleged Chinese visa scam case.After briefly hearing the matter, a single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain issued a notice on Chidambaram’s criminal revision petition as well as on the application seeking a stay of the trial court’s proceedin…

New Delhi, Jan 23 (IANS) A Delhi High Court judge on Friday recused himself from hearing a plea filed by Congress MP Karti P. Chidambaram challenging a trial court order framing charges against him in the Chinese visa scam case, marking the third such recusal in the matter.The criminal revision petition was listed before Justice Girish Kathpalia, who declined to hear it, citing personal reasons. The development came after two other judges of the Delhi High Court — Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma …

New Delhi, Jan 13 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Tuesday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) three weeks’ time to file its response on the bail plea of Kashmiri separatist leader Shabir Ahmed Shah in a terror-funding case. The matter will now be heard on February 10.Seeking additional time, the NIA told the apex court that new facts had emerged in the case and that it would file a detailed reply to Shah’s rejoinder affidavit. The court accepted the request.Shabir Shah, 74, has sough…