Tag: CBI

Foreign funding law ‘misused’ to target civil society: Amnesty, Human Rights Watch

Source: counterview.net Two top rights groups with presence in several countries, including India, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, have said that the “criminal case” against the Lawyers Collective, a Delhi-based high profile NGO with some of the most well-known Supreme Court advocates as its office bearers, is the latest example of how the foreign

Darvesh Yadav murder case: SC rejects plea seeking CBI inquiry, directs petitioner to Allahabad High Court

Source: moneycontrol.com The Supreme Court rejected a petition that sought a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into the murder of Darvesh Yadav, the first woman president of the Uttar Pradesh Bar Council. Yadav was shot dead by a colleague at the Agra District Court. A vacation bench comprising Justice Sanjiv Khanna and Justice BR

Sohrabuddin case: Bombay HC issues notice to acquitted persons, admits appeal

Source: barandbench.com The Bombay High Court yesterday issued notice to 22 acquitted persons, including junior-level police officers from Gujarat and Rajasthan, in the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh that took place in 2005. A Division Bench of Justices Indrajit Mahanty and AM Badar on Monday admitted the appeal filed by Rubabuddin and Nayabuddin Sheikh,

Illegal minor mineral mining case: CBI searches across Uttar Pradesh

Source:- thehindu.com CBI registered an FIR following an inquiry as per the Allahabad High Court’s directive. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday conducted searches at more than 20 places, including premises linked to former Uttar Pradesh Mining Minister Gayatri Prajapati and former Lok Sabha MP Ghanshyam Anuragi, in connection with alleged illegal mining of minor

Ready to take over probe into multi-crore bitcoin Ponzi scam, CBI tells Supreme Court

Source:-.thehindubusinessline.com The CBI told the Supreme Court on Friday that it is ready to take over the investigation into the multi-crore bitcoin Ponzi scheme in which several investors were allegedly lured on the promise of handsome returns. CBI said this before a vacation bench comprising Justices MR Shah and AS Bopanna, hearing a plea filed

Supreme Court punishes CBI’s Nageshwar Rao

Source- telegraphindia.com The Narendra Modi government’s preferred trouble-shooter in the CBI was on Tuesday convicted of contempt by the Supreme Court for defying a transfer ban and sentenced to confinement in the court till it rose at 4 pm. Additional director M. Nageshwar Rao, now the virtual No. 2 in the CBI and twice chosen by