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How Delhi HC dealt with CBI challenge to trial court order discharging Kejriwal, Sisodia

In its February order, trial court pulled up CBI for procedural ‘lapses’ & overly relying on ‘hearsay evidence’. It also recommended departmental inquiry against investigating officer.

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.

Judge Jitendra Singh’s thrust on liberty, fair polls—Kejriwal case to Kapil Mishra tweets

Closer look at judge's record at Rouse Avenue shows consistency: scrutiny of prosecutors' conduct, insistence on constitutional safeguards & reminders that agencies are bound by rule of law.

‘Daughters’ US college fees paid from firm’s money’: ED charges against ex-director of Anil Ambani’s RCOM

The agency arrested Punit Garg Thursday under PMLA in connection with Rs 40,000-crore bank fraud and money laundering case involving RCOM & its subsidiaries. 

‘Suspicion, however strong, cannot take place of proof’—Sajjan Kumar acquitted in anti-Sikh riots case

Ex-Congress MP Kumar was named as accused in the Janakpuri case more than 3 decades after the riots, following a 2015 SIT re-investigation. The chargesheet was filed in 2022.

In framing charges against Karti in Chinese visa case, Delhi court relies on ‘strong suspicion’

Court said evidence of Rs 50 lakh bribe, visa irregularities & approver testimony warranted trial, rejecting Karti Chidambaram’s delay and discharge arguments.

Vishal Gogne, the judge who took ED to task & who Rabri Devi doesn’t want to face

From National Herald to former Bihar CM Rabri Devi’s cases, Gogne has built reputation for being stickler for procedure & not shying away from examining investigative agencies.

8 years after JNU student Najeeb Ahmed disappeared, Delhi court accepts CBI’s closure report

The MSc Bio-technology student went missing on 15 October 2016 from his hostel. He had allegedly been in a scuffle with students linked to ABVP the previous night.

‘Cash for bail’: In plea challenging FIR, court ahlmad cites judge’s multiple adverse orders against ACB

Mukesh Kumar has moved Delhi HC seeking CBI probe and departmental enquiries against senior officers of the Anti-Corruption Branch who he alleges 'framed' the judge.

‘Cash for bail’: Transcripts with ACB show judge’s court ahlmad told inmate, ‘baat kharab hojaegi’

Ahlmad Mukesh Kumar’s lawyer argued that the ACB transcripts showed no clear demand for money and that the ACB threatened the judge to withdraw previous adverse orders against its officers.

On Camera

Period pain is real. Blanket menstrual leave policy isn’t a fix

The Supreme Court is right to point out the 'mindset of employers', who, because of this policy, may deduce that 'women are inferior.'

Red carpet for industry honchos as AAP kicks off Punjab investors summit. Rs 10,000 cr pledged on Day 1

At 2nd such summit in Punjab for top investors organised by AAP since it came to power in Punjab, Lakshmi Mittal announced his Bathinda refinery has increased production of LPG by 3,000 tonnes/day.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.