Hearing plea filed by TN govt challenging HC order upholding ED’s actions against TASMAC, CJI remarked that agency was crossing all limits and infringing on the federal structure.
The raids were carried out at 15 premises in Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad and Mumbai on 23 May under the PMLA after an FIR against companies like Jaypee, Jayprakash Associates, and others.
Chhoker was arrested after ED, while searching for him, got a tip-off that he was partying at the Shangri-La Hotel in the heart of Delhi, it is learnt.
Rahul Navin's statement comes a month after CBI boss Praveen Sood said that agency should not take pride in only registration of cases when it has been faulted for delays & pendency.
As original CBI case was closed in 2016, ED noted that no 'scheduled offence' was committed by the accused. Money laundering probe fell flat as predicate offence was absent.
IAS officer Sanjeev Hans's lawyer has called the ED's investigation 'a web of falsehood riddled with ulterior motives, woven from a frivolous and fabricated complaint'.
According to ED, large-scale misappropriation of funds was orchestrated at the said branch, primarily by the branch manager, B Shobha, on the instructions of R M Manjunatha Gowda.
Former Air Canada manager Simran Preet is said to be part of a nine-member gang suspected to be behind sensational $20 million gold heist from Toronto airport.
ED alleged in affidavit before SC that Balaji’s legal team dragged on examination of witness, a state govt forensic expert, for three months in ‘deliberate attempt to delay trial’.
The graduation is meant to bolster the legacy and legitimacy of Sheikh Hasina's Awami League, even as the real-world preparedness lagged behind the glossy narrative.
Indonesia delegation led by Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin visited BrahMos facility & met with top officials & undertook a detailed briefing on the missile system.
It is a brilliant, reasonably priced, and mostly homemade aircraft with a stellar safety record; only two crashes in 24 years since its first flight. But its crash is a moment of introspection.
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