The plaintiff claimed Major General M S Ahluwalia was defamed in the story ‘Operation West End’ as it was wrongly broadcast and reported that he had accepted a bribe.
In Tehelka’s 2001 sting operation, 'Operation West End', Major General M.S. Ahluwalia, then serving in the Army HQ, was alleged to be a corrupt officer.
SC declared Monday that since the trial court in Goa had concluded the case with the acquitral of Tejpal, no extension is needed beyond the 31 March 2021 deadline it set last year.
A division bench of Justices M S Sonak and M S Jawalkar allowed the government to amend their appeal and serve a copy of the same along with all related documents to Tejpal.
The former Tehelka editor-in-chief thanked the court for a rigorous, impartial and fair trial in the 2013 rape case and said that it affected every aspect of his life.
Tejpal, the founder of Tehelka magazine, is alleged to have sexually assaulted a former woman colleague inside an elevator of a five-star hotel in Goa in 2013.
In an interview to Tehelka in 2009, advocate Prashant Bhushan had made allegations against former CJIs. Hearing on the matter will commence on 17 August.
The operation claimed the jobs of India’s then defence minister George Fernandes, senior members of the ruling coalition, and high-ranking members of the armed forces.
Rai has been arrested by CBI over alleged dubious transactions worth Rs 100 crore, and suspicion that he used false information to gain access to airports.
Research paper, however, finds lowest indebtedness level among Muslims at 12.3% & highest among Hindus at 14.9%. Overall national financial inclusion level at 87.2%, indebtedness at 14.7%.
Fresh details of operation conducted by IAF, Army have come out in gazette notification giving citations of those who were awarded Vir Chakra for their bravery.
On 21 Oct, a buzz went up that the govt had released full list of gallantry award recipients along with Op Sindoor citations. I put an AI caddy on the job. It took me into a never-ending rabbit hole.
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