New Delhi, March 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court on Monday adjourned the hearing on a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the bail granted to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.Due to the non-availability of Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta, a Bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi deferred the hearing and said that the matter would be taken up after two weeks.At the same time…
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New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) As the Supreme Court stayed the operation of the Delhi High Court order that had suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case, former IPS officer and former Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry, Kiran Bedi, on Monday said that the verdict amounted to “major justice” for the victim. Speaking to IANS, Kiran Bedi said the Supreme Court’s decision was not a setback for the convict but a reaffirmation …
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) Congress MP Digvijaya Singh in the eye of storm over his adulatory praise for the BJP-RSS, found support in fellow party leader Udit Raj, who admitted on record that the grand old party is grappling with serious organisational weaknesses and widespread factionalism.Udit Raj’s support came a day after Digvijaya Singh triggered political row by sharing a 1996 photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi with senior BJP leader L.K. Advani, while praising the BJP and the RSS f…
New Delhi, Dec 29 (IANS) A 3-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will on Monday hear the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea against the Delhi High Court order that suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case.As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a vacation bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih will take…
New Delhi, Dec 28 (IANS) A 3-judge Bench of the Supreme Court will on Monday hear the Central Bureau of Investigation’s (CBI) plea against the Delhi High Court order that suspended the life sentence and granted bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a vacation bench of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant, and Justices J.K. Maheshwari and Augustine George Masih will tak…
New Delhi, Dec 27 (IANS) The Congress on Saturday criticised the suspension of the sentence of former BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was convicted in the Unnao rape case, saying that such developments reflect the state of justice in BJP-ruled states. Speaking to IANS, Congress MP Naseer Hussain expressed concern over the decision, saying: “This is what happens in a BJP-ruled state.”Echoing similar sentiments, Congress MP Deepender Singh Hooda said that every citizen of the country wants ju…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has moved the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s order suspending the life sentence and granting bail to expelled Bharatiya Janata Party leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the 2017 Unnao rape case. The Special Leave Petition (SLP), filed under Article 136 of the Constitution, challenges the December 23 order passed by the Delhi High Court allowing Sengar’s application for suspension of sentence during the pendency of his ap…
New Delhi, Dec 26 (IANS) Samajwadi Party MP Afzal Ansari on Friday criticised Uttar Pradesh Minister Daya Shankar Singh for his comments on the bail granted to former MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar in the Unnao rape case. Ansari questioned the minister’s statement, asking, “In the first place, he was convicted by the court. It is the judiciary that decides guilt or innocence. Has the minister become bigger than the court that he is making such a statement?”Speaking to the media, Ansari said the …
New Delhi/Lucknow, Dec 24 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has made it known that it would file an appeal before the Supreme Court against the Delhi High Court’s ruling that letting former BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who has been convicted in the controversial Unnao rape case, get out on bail. The Division Bench of the High Court had not only suspended Sengar’s sentence but also granted him bail, a ruling that has caused an uproar and met with stern opposition from both the…
New Delhi, Dec 24 (IANS) Strong political reactions have emerged following the Delhi High Court’s decision to grant conditional bail to expelled BJP leader Kuldeep Singh Sengar, who was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment in the 2017 Unnao rape case.Reacting sharply to the court’s order, Congress leader Udit Raj questioned the decision and called on the government to challenge it in the Supreme Court.“The government should file an appeal in the Supreme Court, and such a judge shou…