New Delhi: Delhi HC asked jailed J&K Lok Sabha member Abdul Rashid Sheikh, alias Engineer Rashid, on Friday to deposit approximately Rs 4 lakh with prison authorities as travel expenses for attending Parliament. Rashid is currently in Delhi’s Tihar jail.A bench of Justices Chandra Dhari Singh and Anup Jairam Bhambhani had on March 25 allowed…
New Delhi: Govt on Friday notified the transfer of Justice Yashwant Varma from Delhi high court to his parent Allahabad HC even as Supreme Court refused to entertain a PIL seeking an FIR against the judge from whose house piles of cash were allegedly recovered.Sources also told TOI that Delhi Police had sought CJI Sanjiv…
NEW DELHI: Jailed Independent MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh from J&K has approached Delhi high court seeking relief from the requirement to pay Rs 1.45 lakh a day for transportation and security arrangements while attending the ongoing Parliament session in custody.Also known as Engineer Rashid, he has been imprisoned in Delhi’s Tihar Jail after NIA arrested…
Justice Yashwant Varma (left) NEW DELHI: Chief Justice of India (CJI) on Thursday held a meeting with several leaders of various bar associations to discuss the proposed transfer of Delhi high court judge Yashwant Varma to the Allahabad high court in connection with the cash row and assured to “consider” their demand.“CJI assured to consider…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday refused urgent mentioning of a plea seeking direction to Delhi Police to register an FIR over the alleged discovery of burnt wads of cash from the official residence of Delhi high court judge Yashwat Varma.The Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna-led bench, however, assured petitioner advocate Mathews J…
Abdul Rashid Sheikh (Agencies photo) NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Tuesday said that both the court and the Lok Sabha Speaker are fully capable of ensuring that Jammu and Kashmir MP Abdul Rashid Sheikh, also known as Engineer Rashid, currently jailed in a terror funding case, abides by the law while attending Parliament.The…
Allahabad HC Bar association president and Justice Varma (R) NEW DELHI: The Allahabad HC Bar association has strongly opposed the Supreme Court’s decision to transfer Justice Yashwant Varma from Delhi high court to Allahabad high court, amid the recovery of a substantial amount of cash from his official residence after a fire incident on March…
The Supreme Court Collegium on Monday confirmed that it had recommended the transfer Justice Yashwant Varma back to his parent court, the Allahabad High Court. The decision, which was first reported last week, had stirred debate and opposition, particularly from the Allahabad High Court Bar Association.Justice Yashwant Varma, a judge of the Delhi High Court,…
NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar on Monday hailed the decision of Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna to maintain judicial transparency amid the ongoing controversy over a huge amount of cash being recovered from Delhi high court Judge Yashwant Varma’s official residence followng a fire in a storeroom.Dhankhar thanked the leader of the…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday announced the immediate withdrawal of Justice Yashwant Varma from judicial duties days after substantial cash was found at his official residence during a fire-fighting operation.“In view of recent events, the judicial work from Hon’ble Mr. Justice Yashwant Varma is withdrawn with immediate effect, till further orders,” the…
