Month: December 2019

Nitish Kumar Acts Tough Against Shelter Homes In Bihar; Patna HC Seeks Report In Muzaffarpur Scandal.

Source – driscollregister.com Patna: In the wake of the Muzaffarpur sex scandal case at a state-funded shelter home, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Monday directed all district magistrates to inspect child shelter homes and women shelter homes across the state. He also ordered adequate security arrangements to be made at the shelter homes. A

Chanda Kochhar termination: Bombay High Court seeks RBI reply; next hearing on 18 December.

Source – firstpost.com Mumbai: The Bombay High Court on Monday sought responses from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on a plea by Chanda Kochhar challenging her termination as the chief executive and managing director of ICICI Bank, months after she voluntarily left the second-largest private sector lender. The high-profile ex-banker had on 30 November moved

Retired Kerala HC Judge Alleges Security ‘Abruptly Withdrawn’ for Criticising Govt.

Source – news18.com Kochi: The Kerala police on Saturday ‘abruptly withdrew security provided to retired High Court judge Justice B Kemal Pasha, who had been vocal against the CPI(M)-led LDF governments failure in handling various cases, sources said here. The judge alleged that the security was withdrawn for raising his voice against the policies of

CBI books sitting Allahabad high court judge SN Shukla in bribery case.

Source – hindustantimes.com The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against sitting Allahabad high court judge Justice Shri Narayan Shukla alleging that he accepted bribe in lieu of giving a favourable order for a Lucknow-based medical college. Prasad Institute of Medical Sciences was disbarred from taking admissions by the government in May

Appu Ghar fund siphoning case: Arrest warrant against one promoter, three get interim bail from HC.

Source – hindustantimes.com A Gurugram court has issued arrest warrants against Rakesh Babbar, one of the promoters of Appu Ghar, the controversial Gurugram amusement park, in a cheating case pertaining to siphoning of investors’ money. He is the son of former Delhi BJP MLA OP Babbar. Gurugram chief judicial magistrate (CJM) Narender Singh on December