A bench headed by Chief Justice S A Bobde took note of Solicitor General Tushar Mehta's submission that the NCB was not pressing against the grant of bail to the actress.
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor sought discharge in the case, saying there was no evidence against him to prove the offence punishable under either section 498A or 306 of IPC.
The court dismissed a bail plea of a Mumbai-based journalist, saying that if the woman stated in her evidence that she did not consent, the court shall presume that she did not.
The Bombay High Court directed Special Public Prosecutor Shishir Hiray to inform the court by Thursday whether the police plan to proceed against Arnab Goswami and Republic TV.
A bench of CJI Bobde and justices AS Bopanna and V Ramasubramanian said this matter should not be treated as adversarial and will be put up for final hearing.
Shiv Kumar's father Rajbir had filed a petition before the Punjab and Haryana HC in February alleging that his son was kept in illegal detention and brutally tortured.
The bench was responding to arguments made by ARG Outlier Media, who told the court that the police had malafide intentions behind holding the press conference.
Zakia Jafri, wife of late Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, filed a petition in 2018 after SIT cleared Modi in 2012, saying there was 'no prosecutable evidence' against him and 63 others.
In 2021, the government allowed telcos to convert interest on deferred spectrum payments and AGR dues into equity. This made it the single largest stakeholder in Vodafone Idea.
New Delhi has, in past, too, objected to Chinese construction activities in Shaksgam Valley. Work in this strategic region gathered pace after the 2017 Doklam stand-off.
A theme has not yet emerged for BJP & people see lack of a contest, which makes it unexciting. For all these reasons, 2024 is turning out to be an unexpectedly theme-less election.
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