NEW DELHI: A Delhi court recently pulled up Enforcement Directorate for making a person an accused in a money laundering case in which he was earlier cited as a witness. It called the situation “distasteful”.The court of additional sessions judge Dheeraj Mor of Patiala House Courts granted bail to the person and stated, “In the…
NEW DELHI: Observing that courts should refrain from imposing bail conditions which are difficult to fulfill, Supreme Court on Thursday said “excessive bail is no bail”.A bench of Justices B R Gavai and K V Viswanathan said, “To grant bail and thereafter to impose excessive and onerous conditions, is to take away with the left…
NEW DELHI: Politicians, imprisoned for alleged crimes, are typically greeted by unruly celebrations by their supporters when they get bail, leading to inconvenience to the public. In what could be a cautionary tale for them, SC Tuesday took a serious view of the practice and threatened to cancel the bail it had granted to an…
NEW DELHI: In an important ruling, Supreme Court Tuesday held that the conventional idea ‘bail is the rule, jail is an exception’ should be applicable not only to IPC offences but also to others for which special statutes like Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act have been enacted if the conditions prescribed under that law are fulfilled.While…
NEW DELHI: Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia said on Monday that the party was hopeful about the Supreme Court delivering justice to Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in the excise policy case. He further said that the leadership of the party has undergone “toughest times” amid central agencies crack-down.“We have full hope from…
NEW DELHI: Day after the Supreme Court granted relief in the excise policy case, AAP leader and former deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday went all guns blazing at the Modi 3.0 government, accusing the saffron party of hatching a deeper conspiracy with the help of central agencies to unduly throw opposition members behind…
In a big relief to Aam Aadmi Party leader and former deputy CM of Delhi Manish Sisodia, Supreme Court on Friday granted him bail in the corruption and money laundering cases related to changes in Delhi’s excise policy, and paved the way for him to come out of jail 17 months after he was arrested.“If…
NEW DELHI: After 17 months in jail, former Delhi deputy chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia finally walked free on a regular bail. In tears, as he got a rousing welcome outside Tihar jail by party leaders Atishi, Sanjay Singh and supporters, in a cracking voice he thanked Ambedkar and the Constitution…
NEW DELHI: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Manish Sisodia walked out of Tihar jail on Friday, just hours after the Supreme court granted him bail. Sisodia was taken into custody in March of last year in connection with the Delhi liquor policy case. He had been lodged in Tihar jail for 17 months. Sisodia was…
NEW DELHI: Delhi education minister and Atishi hailed the Supreme Court verdict granting bail to party leader Manish Sisodia in the excise policy case.While addressing a gathering at Nasirpur Road near Durga Park in New Delhi, Atishi broke down while remembering the senior party leader. “The leader who revolutionised the education system in Delhi was…
