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Arvind Kejriwal on Friday, May 10. Kejriwal was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on March 21 in connection with the alleged scam in the Delhi Excise policy. He was sent to judicial custody later and was lodged in Tihar Jail.

I received my 2023 Notice of Assessment this week and it contained the full details of my tax assessment, an explanation of changes and other important information, along with a one-page detailed registered retirement savings plan (RRSP) deduction limit and available contribution room statement. What it did not contain, however, was a similar statement about my available tax-free savings account (TFSA) contribution room.

Opposition leaders on Friday welcomed the interim bail given to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by the Supreme Court, saying the «fight to save democracy» will now be with more intensity. Congress leader Pawan Khera hoped former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren also gets due justice. «We welcome the intervention by the Supreme Court in granting bail to Arvind Kejriwal...We also hope that the prime minister gets enough time after June 4, when he becomes the former prime minister of India, to introspect sitting in Sabarmati Ashram the kind of politics he has indulged in,» he said. West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee also welcomed the Supreme Court order, saying «I am very happy to see that Shri Arvind Kejriwal has got interim bail. It will be very helpful in the context of the current elections.»

Delhi court on Friday ordered framing of sexual harassment charges against former Wrestling Federation of India (WFI) chief Brij Bhushan Singh in a case lodged against him by female wrestlers. The court said that it has found sufficient material to frame charges against Brij Bhushan for harassment of five female wrestlers. The court said, «Charges were framed against Brij Bhushan under sections 354 and 354A in respect of each victim.»

Amit Shah on Friday accused West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee of maintaining silence on the issue of Sandeshkhali, where complaints of sexual abuse have emerged against TMC leaders, and said the BJP «will not spare single culprit and will hang them upside down». While addressing an election rally at Majdia in Ranaghat Lok Sabha seat in Nadia district, Shah alleged that Banerjee was «misleading» people on the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 (CAA) and slammed the TMC dispensation over alleged corruption cases in the state. On the incidents in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district, where allegations of sexual abuse against TMC leaders have been made, Shah said it is a matter of shame that «Mamata Banerjee, despite being a woman chief minister, tried to protect the culprits».

Enforcement Directorate on Friday filed a fresh charge sheet in Delhi excise policy case. The probing agency has named BRS leader K Kavitha as an accused in the matter, news agency PTI has reported citing officials. On March 15, Kavitha, the daughter of former Telangana chief minister K Chandrashekar Rao, was apprehended by the federal agency at her residence in Banjara Hills, Hyderabad. As per PTI report, a prosecution complaint has been lodged under sections 45 and 44(1) of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before a designated court.

Nitin Gadkari on Friday said the opposition parties were confusing people by claiming that the BJP will change the Constitution if it retains power, but it was in fact the Congress that had brought constitutional amendments 80 times during its rule. He also alleged that due to the wrong economic policies of the Congress, people of the country remained poor. The Minister of Road Transport and Highways was addressing an election rally at Majalgaon town in Maharashtra's Beed district to drum up support for Pankaja Munde, Bharatiya Janata Party's Beed Lok Sabha seat candidate. «Our opposition has failed to convince people. Therefore it is confusing them. They (opposition leaders) say we (BJP) will change the Constitution. But there is a Supreme Court judgment that says the Constitution cannot be changed and only amendments can be done. So far, the Congress has carried out amendments to the Constitution 80 times,» he said.

granting interim bail to Arvind Kejriwal in excise policy case, the Supreme Court on Friday said that Delhi Chief Minister will not contact any witness in the case. In a major relief to Kejriwal – the apex court bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta – granted Kejriwal 21 days interim bail till June 1 to campaign in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The court has asked Kejriwal to surrender on June 2.

Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita Friday hailed the Supreme Court's decision granting interim bail to her husband as a "victory of democracy" and said the relief is the result of prayers and blessings of millions of people. In a major relief to Kejriwal, the Supreme Court granted him bail till June 1 to campaign in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. Elections in Delhi will be held in the sixth phase on May 25. The AAP is contesting in four of the seven seats as part of a seat-sharing arrangement with INDIA bloc partner Congress. Arrested in a money laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, Kejriwal will have to surrender and go back to jail on June 2. June 1 is the last day of the seven-phase elections. The votes will be counted on June 4.

Congress on Friday said Prime Minister Narendra Modi should break his «silence» over the issue of conducting a socio-economic census and removing the 50 per cent cap on caste-based reservations. In a post on X, Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh said the prime minister should answer questions on caste census. «The prime minister made many claims about himself at Nandurbar today. Many questions arise out of that, but I just want to ask three questions — everyone knows the marginalised communities cannot get their rights without the real numbers being revealed.» «The first question is why the census was not done in 2021… Census is conducted after every 10 years. According to this, the census should have been conducted in 2021. Why did you delay the census for three years? Why did you stop Dalit and tribal communities from getting information about their population?» Ramesh asked

News18, “Efforts were made that Jharkhand CM and Delhi CM don't campaign in Lok Sabha Elections. But now, Delhi CM can campaign for the remaining period. This is not a victory of AAP or India alliance, but the victory of the people of India." TMC leader Majeed Memon said that it was very difficult to justify or appreciate ED's strong opposition to bail.

National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has admitted listed firm India Steel Works Ltd under the insolvency resolution process in an application filed by its operational creditor Stecol International Pvt Ltd. The tribunal has also appointed Vallabh N Sawana as the interim resolution professional (IRP). India Steel Works has said in its stock exchange filing that it is in the process of filing an appeal at the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) for urgent relief in the matter. “This bench hereby prohibits the institution of suits or continuation of pending suits or proceedings against the corporate debtor (India Steel Works) including execution of any judgment, decree or order in any court of law, tribunal, arbitration panel or other authority,” said the division bench of judicial member Reeta Kohli and a technical member Madhu Sinha in its order of May 8.

Celebrations erupted at AAP's office in Delhi after the Supreme Court granted interim bail to Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal till June 1. Jubilant workers danced and raised slogans such as "Jail ke taale toot gaye, Kejriwal ji choot gaye". In a major relief, the Supreme Court on Friday granted Kejriwal interim bail to campaign in the Lok Sabha elections. A bench of Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Dipankar Datta said Kejriwal, arrested in a money-laundering case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, will have to surrender and go back to jail on June 2.

MLAs on Friday withdrew their plea from the Supreme Court against the Himachal Pradesh Assembly speaker's decision to disqualify them from the House. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was told by senior advocate Abhinav Mukherjee, appearing for the former MLAs, that they want to withdraw the petition. «We knew this was going to happen due to the elections,» the bench observed while allowing them to withdraw their plea. The six former MLAs are now contesting assembly bypolls, which were necessitated after their disqualification, as BJP candidates.

Hemant Soren. The JMM leader has already challenged the high court order, and the apex court is scheduled to hear the matter on May 13. Hemant Soren has also sought interim bail for campaigning in the Lok Sabha elections till the high court delivers its verdict on his plea against arrest.

Live Law, quoting apex court. The apex court has asked Delhi CM to surrender and go back to jail on June 2. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) opposed the bail on ground of electioneering, and said that no such precedents available.

Sam Pitroda sparked controversy with his 'African' remark, party leader Mani Shankar Aiyar on Friday courted a fresh stir by saying, “Pakistan is a respected nation that also possesses an atom bomb." The clip of Aiyar's remark in an interview with Chill Pill went viral on social media. “They are also a sovereign country (Pakistan). They are a respected nation.

PTI reported. Tarun Kothari, a radiologist and activist, criticized the government's approach at the presser, and said, "The government has wholly ignored the rising number of cases of tragic deaths post-Covid vaccination all the while and continues to promote Covid vaccines as 'safe and effective', without scientific investigation and invoking epidemiology," he said, as quoted by PTI.

A man accused of killing three men who were on a surfing trip in Mexico allegedly confessed the crime to his girlfriend, according to testimony read in court Wednesday.

As we report, the disintegration of the old order is visible everywhere. Sanctions are used four times as much as they were during the 1990s; America has recently imposed “secondary" penalties on entities that support Russia’s armies. A subsidy war is under way, as countries seek to copy China’s and America’s vast state backing for green manufacturing.

Arvind Kejriwal in a money laundering case connected to the excise policy scam. The Enforcement Directorate arrested the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader on March 21. Currently, he is in Tihar Jail and is under judicial custody.