New Delhi [India], October 19 (ANI): A Delhi Court, hearing North East Delhi riots cases, on Wednesday discharged former AAP councillor Tahir Hussain and nine other accused persons for the offence of committing mischief by fire or explosive substance with intent to destroy property, in a case related to riots.

New Delhi [India], October 17 (ANI): The Delhi High court on Monday issued notice to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on the plea of IFS Sanjeev Chaturvedi seeking a vacation of stay on the order of Chief Information Commissioner (CIC) directing CBI to provide the information sought under the RTI Act.

New Delhi [India], October 13 (ANI): A Delhi court on Wednesday dismissed the bail plea of Athar Khan, an accused in the larger conspiracy case related to the Northeast Delhi riots of February 2020. Athar Khan is an accused in a case registered by Delhi Police under the stringent anti-terror law UAPA for alleged conspiracy.

New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Wednesday granted one-day transit remand of gangster Jagdeep Bhagwanpuria alias Jaggu to Punjab Police in Sidhu Moosewala's murder case. Moosewala was murdered on May 29 in Mansa, Punjab.

Chennai Mar 23 PTI The Madras High Court has confirmed the order of the Tamil Nadu Home department removing a government advocate from service on charges of corruption A division bench of Justices K Kalyanasundaram and R Hemalatha upheld the dismissal order on March 22 while rejecting a writ petition from Dhanalakshmi Special Public Prosecutor SPP attached to the Fast Track Mahila Court in Tiruvallur She sought to quash an order dated October 16 2019 of the Home department removing her from service and prayed for courts permission to continue to function as the SPP The charge against Dhanalakshmi was that she had colluded with the accused in several criminal cases pending before the Mahila Court in Tiruvallur which paved the way for their acquittal Dismissing her petition the bench observed that every advocate is a court officer and part and parcel of the justice delivery system The public reposes great faith in the judiciary but the judges have to rely on their pillars the advocates The government advocate being the representative of the government has to act in an honest manner If heshe goes around with the intention to make money at the cost of justice only chaos will prevail PTI CORR SA SA

Mumbai Feb 18 PTI The Maharashtra government told the Bombay High Court on Friday that it will not appoint a new special public prosecutor SPP in the 2003 Khwaja Yunus custodial death case in which four policemen including dismissed cop Sachin Waze are facing trial till March 22Advocate General Ashutosh Kumbhakoni who appeared for the Maharashtra government made this statement before a bench of Justices P B Varale and SP Tavade that was hearing a petition filed by Yunuss mother Asiya Begum challenging the removal of the previous SPP Dhiraj Mirajkar from the caseBegum had approached the HC in 2018 following Mirajkars removal that yearOn Friday Kumbhakoni told the court that the state authorities had spoken to Mirajkar and the latter had expressed his inability to continue as the SPP in the case due to several reasonsWe spoke to him Mirajkar on the phone after the last HC hearing in the matter and he gave several reasons including health reasons to say that he will not be able to continue as the SPP in the matter Kumbhakoni saidBegums counsel senior advocate Mihur Desai however told HC that the petitioner too wished to speak to Mirajkar and confirm whether or not the latter could continue as the SPP in the caseDesai urged the court to ensure the state did not appoint a new SPP until thenAs per the petition Mirajkar was appointed SPP in September 2015 but was abruptly removed from the post in April 2018Begum claimed in her plea that the decision to remove Mirajkar was taken by the state government after he filed an application before the trial court seeking that summons be issued to retired police officer Praful Bhosale and three other policemen and make them face trial in the caseThe state had previously told the HC that its decision to remove Mirajkar from the case was not taken to protect these four officialsOn Friday Kumbhakoni told the HC that the court grant some time to the state government to make its stand clear on Mirajkars reappointmentUntil then we the state government will continue with our previous statement made before the court that we will not appoint a new SPP in the matter Kumbhakoni saidThe HC accepted the Maharashtra governments statement and scheduled the matter for further hearing on March 22Yunus a software engineer was detained soon after the December 2002 bomb blast in Mumbai suburb of GhatkoparHe allegedly escaped from custody in the intervening night of January 6-7 2003 while being escorted to Aurangabad for further investigation in the blast case when the police vehicle carrying him met with an accident in Ahmednagar districtSubsequently the states Crime Investigation Department CID lodged an FIR against police officers for allegedly killing Yunus in custody and then destroying evidenceThe CID inquiry indicted 14 policemen but the government granted sanction to prosecute only four of them These four officers Waze Rajendra Tiwari Rajaram Nikam and Sunil Desai are currently facing trial in the custodial death case on charges of murder fabricating evidence and hatching criminal conspiracyWaze who served as an Assistant Police Inspector in Mumbai is currently in jail in the Antilia bomb scare case He was dismissed from police service last year PTI AYA SP RSY RSY

New Delhi [India], February 8 (ANI): A Delhi Court on Tuesday reserved the order on the bail plea moved by ex-Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) councillor Tahir Hussain in money laundering cases related to Northeast Delhi violence of February 2020.

New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): A total of 25 protest sites were created during anti-CAA protest by organisers in the vicinity of madrasas and mosques but they purportedly gave them a different name to give them a secular colour, claimed prosecution opposing the bail plea of Umar Khalid, an accused in Northeast Delhi violence case.