New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted the National Investigation Agency (NIA) a last opportunity to file its rejoinder in its appeal seeking the death penalty for Yasin Malik, the Kashmiri separatist leader and chief of the banned JKLF, who is serving a life sentence in a terror-funding case.A Division Bench of Justices Navin Chawla and Ravinder Dudeja allowed four weeks’ time to the anti-terror agency to place its rejoinder on record and listed the matter for furt…
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New Delhi, Jan 24 (IANS) The Patiala House Court on Saturday granted custody parole to jailed Baramulla MP Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh to enable him to attend the upcoming Budget Session of Parliament.The order was passed by Additional Sessions Judge Prashant Sharma, who permitted Rashid, presently lodged in Tihar Jail in a terror funding case, to participate in the Budget Session of the Lok Sabha from January 28 onwards while remaining in custody.The court clarified that the question of who wi…
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IANS) The Rouse Avenue Court in Delhi is scheduled to pronounce its verdict on Thursday in the Janakpuri violence case linked to the 1984 anti-Sikh riots against former Congress MP Sajjan Kumar. The case pertains to allegations of violence during the riots that followed the assassination of then-Prime Minister Indira Gandhi.The trial in the matter concluded on September 23 last year, after which the court reserved its verdict on December 22.During the final stages of the proce…
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IANS) A Delhi court on Tuesday disposed of a plea filed by British national and alleged middleman Christian Michel James seeking modification of certain bail conditions in a corruption case linked to the alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam. Granting relief, Special Judge (CBI) Sanjay Jindal of the Rouse Avenue Courts directed that Michel may be released without depositing his passport immediately. However, the court directed the Foreigners Regional Registration Office (FR…
New Delhi, Dec 22 (IANS) A Delhi court on Monday reserved its order on a plea filed by British national and alleged middleman Christian Michel James seeking modification of certain bail conditions in a corruption case linked to the alleged AgustaWestland VVIP chopper scam.Special Judge, CBI, Sanjay Jindal of the Rouse Avenue Courts reserved the order after hearing submissions from the counsel for Michel and the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The court would likely pronounce its decision …