Final status report for Bharti’s khirki raidIJ
New Delhi: A city court on Monday issued notice to an Investigating Officer of Delhi Police, probing the former Delhi Minister Somnath Bharti’s purported raid on some African residents, to remain present “in person” with final status report after he failed to turn up on Monday. Metropolitan Magistrate Chetna Singh on January 29 had asked Delhi Police IO to file status report, while refusing to order lodging of a separate FIR on a plea by another African woman seeking registration of a case against unknown persons.
HC to hear arvind Kejriwal bail plea today
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday agreed to hear a petition seeking immediate release of Arvind Kejriwal, who was sent to jail after he refused to furnish bail bond in a criminal defamation complaint against him. The petition submitted that he has been “illegally sent to judicial custody” on a wrong premise of law. The plea was mentioned by advocate Prashant Bhushan before a bench of Justices BD Ahmed and S Mridul which said it would be listed on Tuesday for hearing before the court concerned. The petition challenged the May 21 and 23 orders of a magisterial court remanding Kejriwal in judicial custody for not furnishing bail bond in the criminal defamation complaint filed by BJP leader Nitin Gadkari, saying the same was not mandatory and he should have been allowed to give a written undertaking instead.
PIl in Delhi HC for ban on Kejri missive
New Delhi: A petition was on Monday moved in the Delhi High Court seeking ban on publication and circulation of Arvind Kejriwal’s letter questioning court orders sending him to judicial custody and also levelling allegations against BJP leader Nitin Gadkari. The public interest litigation (PIl) was mentioned before a bench of Justices BD Ahmed and S Mridul by advocate Vivek Narayan Sharma who also sought blocking of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) website till the letter was withdrawn from it.
Anmol sarna Accused to study abroadIJ
New Delhi: One of the six accused in the case involving the death of NRI student Anmol Sarna on Monday approached a city court seeking permission to travel abroad in order to pursue his studies. Accused Shivank Gambhir, who is presently out on bail, in his application before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Veena Rani said his passport should be released so that he may go to the United Kingdom for further studies.