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TopicManish Sisodia

Topic: Manish Sisodia

Judge who upheld Kejriwal arrest to hear CBI challenge to discharge—her past orders in excise policy case

From Kejriwal, Sisodia, Sanjay Singh to BRS leader K. Kavitha, Delhi High Court judge Swarana Kanta Sharma's significant rulings in the high-profile case back in spotlight.

ThePrint photos of the week: Kejriwal, Sisodia cleared of all charges, Polish envoy in the house & Kerala becomes Keralam

In Photos of the Week, we bring you pictures clicked by ThePrint’s photo journalists, video journalists and reporters.

Forget Kejriwal. Think of what our institutions are doing to enable authoritarianism

This decision is so damaging to the government that efforts will be made to ensure that it does not stand. The prosecution has said that it will file an appeal in the high court.

In clearing Kejriwal & Sisodia, court draws line—‘Can’t use criminal law to punish policy choices’

Judge says policy formulation is inherently experimental, & failure of policy or lawful profit earned by private players under it, doesn't by itself constitute criminality.

BJP terms Kejriwal, Sisodia discharge in excise case ‘miscarriage of justice’, says legal fight not over

Incidentally, the term ‘miscarriage of justice’ was also used by special CBI judge Jitendra Singh two times in his 598-page order discharging the AAP leaders in the case.

Liquor ‘scam’ took wind out of AAP, Kejriwal’s sails. Court’s discharge order a ‘huge morale booster’

For AAP, the corruption taint became a heavy burden given that it was born out of an anti-corruption movement & lacked a strong ideological glue to hold it together.

CBI case against Kejriwal & Sisodia falls flat. What agency alleged in Delhi excise policy case

Court also rapped CBI for filing ‘voluminous charge sheet’ which it said did not support any witness statements and suffered from ‘internal contradictions’.

‘Kejriwal is not corrupt,’ says ex-CM as Delhi court clears him, Sisodia, others in excise policy case

Special CBI court pulled up probe agency for not backing assertions made in chargesheet, discharged 21 others in case filed in 2022 on Delhi L-G’s recommendation.

Classroom ‘scam’: ED seizes Delhi govt files, PWD officials’ stamps from premises of contractors

ED says raids were conducted at 37 locations across Delhi-NCR. Meanwhile, former education minister Manish Sisodia, who was booked in the case, recorded his statement before officials.

Rs 2,000 crore classroom ‘scam’: What is ACB’s case against AAP ex-ministers Sisodia & Satyendra Jain

No coincidence, says AAP. Delhi ACB's action came after complaints from Delhi BJP leaders Kapil Mishra, Harish Khurana, and Neelkanth Bakshi.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.