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Arvind Kejriwal seems to have drawn inspiration from INDIA bloc ally Lalu Prasad who gave reins of power to his wife upon coming under the dragnet, senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged on Friday. The former Union minister was talking to reporters, on his first visit to his home town after the party declared his candidature from Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat for a second consecutive term. Prasad, who held the Law and Justice portfolio in the first seven years of Narendra Modi's Prime Ministership, was asked about the Aam Aadmi Party chief's refusal to give up his post, nearly a week after being arrested by the Enforcement Directorate in a case of money laundering. «These days Kejriwal's wife seems to have become quite active. She can be seen in the chair that her husband used to occupy as the chief minister of Delhi,» Prasad said.

Arvind Kejriwal from the post of Delhi chief minister. The petition was filed a day after a similar plea was dismissed by the Delhi High Court. On Thursday, the Delhi High Court rejected the PIL seeking the removal of Kejriwal from the post of Delhi chief minister, saying the petitioner did not show any legal provision prohibiting the Aam Admi Party (AAP) leader from running the government after arrest to warrant any judicial interference.

Detained Binance executive Tigran Gambaryan has sued two Nigerian agencies, accusing them of infringing his basic human rights.

CJI) Justice Dhananjaya Y Chandrachud, expressing serious concerns against the actions of a specific interest group aiming to undermine the judiciary's integrity, Bharatiya Janata Party MP Ravi Shankar Prasad alleged that some people, including those who are close to the Congress establishment, have always taken a very grim view at times about the judiciary. Prasad said that the Indian judiciary is an extraordinary institution and has got every right to decide any issue in the way it wants. "...It is indeed saddening that some people, including those who are close to the Congress establishment, have always taken a very grim view at times about judiciary, depending upon what kind of judgments have come. These are the people who at one time talked of committed judiciary. These are people who at one time hailed the supersession of judges by the Congress government in the 1970s...Indian judiciary is an extraordinary institution. We are very proud of it," the BJP MP said.

Several senior South Korean judges hold Bitcoin, Ethereum, and altcoins, new public disclosure data revealed on March 28.

New Delhi, March 22, 2024: The second edition of the Trans Employment Mela 2024 witnessed remarkable success, with over 227 candidates from the transgender community participating. The recruitment is set to increase by 100% compared to its inaugural edition in 2023. Hosted by The TWEET Foundation and InHarmony, in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (MoSJE) and the National Institute of Social Defence (NISD), the event was held on March 22nd, 2024, at The Welcome Hotel by ITC in New Delhi.

Aam Aadmi Party supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday addressed the Rouse Avenue Court where he questioned the legitimacy of his arrest by the federal agency. The arrested leader was produced before special Judge Kaveri Baweja by the Enforcement Directorate as his custody ends today. Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal in his statement before Rouse Avenue court said, «I was arrested, but no court has proved me guilty yet. CBI filed 31,000 pages and ED has filed 25,000 pages related to this matter. Even if you read them together, I would like to ask why have I been arrested? My name came to light only in four statements of four people.»

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A British financial trader described as the ringleader in the manipulation of a key interest rate before and after the global financial crisis has lost his appeal to have his conviction quashed

Today (27 March) the court upheld the guilty verdict given to the former trader nine years ago. Hayes was the first person in the world to be found guilty as part of the LIBOR scandal and served five and a half years in prison as a result. The Serious Fraud Office successfully prosecuted eight other individuals for rigging LIBOR. Trader Tom Hayes files appeal to overturn LIBOR rigging conviction In his sentence, justice David Bean said there was «indisputable documentary evidence» that the former trader tried to rig the benchmark. The justice added Hayes made «frank admissions of d...

Palanpur town of Gujarat's Banaskantha district on Wednesday convicted jailed former IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt in a drug seizure case dating back to 1996. The court is expected to pronounce the quantum of punishment on Thursday afternoon. This was the second conviction of Bhatt in a criminal matter — the first one was in 2019 when he was found guilty in a custodial death case by a Jamnagar court.

The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Tuesday let stand a lower court ruling that declared some delivery drivers for Amazon were employees as the state argued

₹3 crore and monthly maintenance of ₹1.5 lakh to his estranged wife. Justice Sharmila Deshmukh passed the order saying that the amount is granted to the woman as a recompense not only for physical injuries but also for mental torture and emotional distress. She said that for every case the quantum of compensation will differ depending on the facts of each case.

Islamabad High Court sought intervention by the Supreme Judicial Council against the alleged interference in the working of the judiciary by Pakistan's powerful intelligence agencies. A letter signed by six Islamabad High Court (IHC) judges demanded the SJC initiate a judicial convention against such interference in judicial affairs. The six judges who signed the March 25 dated letter include Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri, Justice Babar Sattar, Justice Sardar Ejaz Ishaq Khan, Justice Arbab Muhammad Tahir, and Justice Saman Rafat Imtiaz.

Arvind Kejriwal challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a money-laundering case associated with the alleged excise policy scam. Kejriwal's plea, seeking immediate release due to the purportedly "illegal" nature of his arrest and subsequent remand to the ED, will be addressed before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma at 10:30 am. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener was apprehended on March 21 and subsequently detained in the ED's custody until March 28 by a Delhi court.

Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 20 for the initial phase, the deadline for filing nominations for the first phase is March 27. Scrutiny of nominations will occur on March 28, with the final date for withdrawal of nominations being March 30. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday is scheduled to hear Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's plea challenging his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and seeking his release in connection with a money-laundering case related to the purported excise policy scam.

Lawmakers with Poland’s ruling pro-European Union coalition have launched a rare process to bring the central bank chief before a special court on allegations of acting against the country’s financial interests

High Court ruling directing commercial banks to produce evidence to defaulting customers before invoking the master circular on wilful default will bring respite to small borrowers arm-twisted into settling loans, but it may also encourage large borrowers to go to courts and delay recovery, said industry experts. This landmark order delivered by the high court last week and the banking regulator's directive to banks that the defaulter be given an in-person hearing will significantly change the way banks tag borrowers as wilful, they added. A division bench comprising justices BP Colabawalla and Somasekhar Sundaresan issued the order in a case involving IL&FS director Milind Patel versus Union Bank of India.

Supreme Court has quashed the bail condition imposed by the Orissa High Court on a man that he shall not be involved in any political activity, saying it will breach his fundamental rights. A bench of Justices B R Gavai and Sandeep Mehta passed the order on a plea filed by Siba Shankar Das, a former Mayor of Berhampur Municipal Corporation, against the January 18 order of the high court. The high court had dismissed his application seeking withdrawal of the bail condition which said that he «shall not create any untoward situation in public and shall not be involved in any political activities, directly or indirectly». The condition was imposed by the high court while ordering his release on bail in August 2022.

legal dispute over who actually «invented» iconic Indian dishes butter chicken and dal makhani is heating up. Weeks after the Delhi High Court decided to adjudicate the dispute between two Delhi-based restaurant chains Moti Mahal and Daryaganj, some alleged defamatory remarks are now at the centre of a savoury battle. Daryaganj has moved the high court against certain alleged defamatory remarks made by the proprietors of Moti Mahal in a newspaper interview on the issue of the origin of «butter chicken». However, the owners of Moti Mahal have asserted that the remarks in question were an «editorial perspective» and cannot be attributed to them.

The United States and Cyprus say they’re formalizing their collaboration in fighting money laundering, sanctions evasion and other financial crimes