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NEW DELHI: Tiger Woods is once again stepping away from golf after a car crash in Florida led to his arrest on suspicion of driving under the influence. The incident has forced him to miss the Masters for the second year in a row, as he focuses on his health and legal situation. Despite pleading not guilty, the episode has raised fresh concerns about his well-being and future. After the accident, authorities reported that Woods showed signs of impairment and had prescription painkillers on him. ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court has issued a notice to former Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convener Arvind Kejriwal. This follows a plea by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), which challenged a trial court order that acquitted him in cases of alleged non-compliance with summons in the excise policy matter. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued the notice and set a further hearing for April 29. The court noted that, despite the advance notice, no one represented Kejriwal during ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Wednesday issued notice to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate challenging his acquittal in cases related to alleged non-compliance with summons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the excise policy matter. The case was heard by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who noted that no one appeared on behalf of Kejriwal despite advance notice. Advocate Zoheb Hossain represented the ED. The high cou ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging his acquittal in cases related to alleged non-compliance with summons issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the excise policy matter. The matter was taken up by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The Court noted that despite advance notice, no one appeared on behalf of Ke ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 1 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging his acquittal in complaint cases related to alleged non-compliance with summons in the excise policy money laundering matter. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma took note of the submissions made on behalf of the federal anti-money laundering agency ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 1 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notice to former Delhi Chief Minister and AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging his acquittal in cases related to alleged non-compliance with summons issued under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in the excise policy matter. The matter was taken up by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The Court noted that despite advance notice, no one appeared on behalf of Ke ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 1 (PTI) The Delhi High Court on Wednesday sought former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal's stand on a plea by the ED challenging his acquittal in two separate cases lodged against him for not appearing before the agency despite summonses issued in the excise policy case. Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued notice to the AAP leader on two pleas by the the ED against the trial court's January 22 orders, and listed the matter for hearing on April 29. "Respondent has chosen not to app ...Read More >
New Delhi: Delhi High Court has sentenced a woman to 10 years' rigorous imprisonment for abetting the rape of a girl by her minor brother in 2013, overturning her acquittal by a trial court.Justice Chandrasekharan Sudha held that the woman betrayed the trust placed in her and played an "active and deliberate" role in the crime by luring the survivor, remaining present during the assault and threatening her into silence.According to the prosecution, the convict conspired with her brother and lure ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 31 (PTI) A Delhi court has acquitted two men who were facing trial for allegedly attempting to murder their neighbour in the Seelampur area after the victim and the main complainant turned "hostile" and failed to identify the attackers. Principal District and Sessions Judge Sanjay Sharma was hearing a case against Bilal and Sahil who were accused of stabbing their neighbour on June 30, 2020. In an order dated March 27, the court said, "There is no hesitation to hold that the pro ...Read More >
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura and seven others in a 2013 molestation and assault case following a compromise between the two parties. Allowing the petition, the bench of Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya set aside the judgement of a court in Punjab's Tarn Taran, convicting and sentencing the MLA and seven others to four years of imprisonment in last September. Also Read: Calcutta High Court dismisses PIL challenging transfers of IAS, IPS off ...Read More >
Lalpura, MLA from Khadoor Sahib, was awarded four-year jail by a Tarn Taran court on September 10, 2025, effectively unseating him from the assembly as the sentence awarded was more than two years. Under the existing election law in Section 8(3) of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, a person convicted of any offence and sentenced to imprisonment for not less than two years gets disqualified from the date of such conviction and continues to be disqualified for a further period of six yea ...Read More >
Chandigarh, Mar 31 (PTI) The Punjab and Haryana High Court has acquitted AAP MLA Manjinder Singh Lalpura and seven others in a 2013 molestation and assault case following a compromise between the two parties. Allowing the petition, the bench of Justice Tribhuvan Dahiya set aside the judgement of a court in Punjab's Tarn Taran, convicting and sentencing the MLA and seven others to four years of imprisonment in last September. The bench also quashed the FIR registered in March 2013 at the Tarn T ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate on Monday moved the Delhi High Court, challenging the acquittal of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal in two cases for allegedly ignoring the agency summons issued in the excise policy case. The ED's appeal against the trial court order is likely to come up for hearing before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma on Wednesday. It claims that "the then chief minister "intentionally omitted to obey the summons by not responding to them and did not attend the probe ...Read More >
SRINAGAR, Mar 30: National Conference president and former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah today pleaded before the court that he is not guilty of charges of fund misappropriation in the Jammu and Kashmir Cricket Association (JKCA). Abdullah appeared through virtual mode before the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate Srinagar today. The Presiding Officer of the court formally read out the contents of the charge sheet filed by CBI against him. Follow the Daily Excelsior channel on WhatsApp "N ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in cases related to alleged non-compliance with summons in connection with the excise policy money laundering case. As per the causelist published on the official website, the plea is slated to be heard on Wednesday by a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The federal anti ...Read More >
New Delhi, March 30 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and former Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in cases related to alleged non-compliance with summons in connection with the excise policy money laundering case. As per the causelist published on the official website, the plea is slated to be heard on Wednesday by a single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case related to alleged non-compliance with the agency's summons in the excise policy matter. The matter is likely to be heard on Wednesday by Justice J Swarana Kanta Sharma. Also Read | Rahul Arunoday Banerjee Dies: West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee Grieves Death of Beng ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has moved the Delhi High Court, challenging the acquittal of AAP convener and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by a trial court in January for skipping summons by the agency during the probe into the alleged liquor policy scam. The ED had filed two criminal cases against Kejriwal - in February and March 2024 - under IPC Section 174 (non-attendance in obedience to an order from public servant). Provisions under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (P ...Read More >
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday approached the Delhi High Court, seeking a review of the trial court's decision that acquitted former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in two cases linked to his failure to appear before the agency. These cases relate to summons issued to him in the excise policy investigation. The appeal, filed against the January 22 orders, is scheduled to be heard on Wednesday by Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. In its petition, the ED claimed that Kejriwal deliber ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], March 30 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has approached the Delhi High Court challenging a trial court order acquitting Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in a case related to alleged non-compliance with the agency's summons in the excise policy matter. The matter is likely to be heard on Wednesday by Justice J Swarana Kanta Sharma. On January 22, 2026, a Delhi court had acquitted Kejriwal in cases linked to his alleged failu ...Read More >
Nashik, Dec 17 (PTI) In mounting trouble for Maharashtra Sports Minister Manikrao Kokate of the NCP, a court in Nashik district on Wednesday issued an arrest warrant against him in a cheating and forgery case dating back to 1995. The development comes a day after the district court upheld the two-year jail term handed to Kokate by the magistrate's court in February this year. Earlier on Wednesday, Kokate moved the Bombay High Court, challenging his conviction and the two-year jail term in the ...Read More >
Panchkula (Hry), Dec 17 (PTI) A special CBI court has acquitted a Haryana judicial officer and his parents in a dowry-death case dating back more than 12 years after his wife was found dead with bullet injuries in Gurugram. The court has acquitted Ravneet Garg, who was then the chief judicial magistrate of Gurugram, and his parents in the 2013 dowry-death case. Garg's wife, Geetanjali, was found dead in July 2013 near the Gurugram police lines area with bullet injuries. Garg was posted as the ...Read More >
New Delhi: Hours after a Delhi court refused to take cognizance of the Enforcement Directorate(ED)'s allegations of money laundering in the National Herald case against Congress leaders Rahul Gandhi and Sonia Gandhi, the party claimed that "the conspiracy of malicious intent for political revenge" has been foiled. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said on Tuesday that "The continuous five-day, 50-hour interrogation was nothing but a political witch hunt, which the Congress party faced head- ...Read More >
New Delhi: As Congress on Tuesday said court's refusal to take cognisance of the ED chargesheet in the National Herald issue exposed Centre's use of hysteria to hype a hollow case, BJP countered that the court's ruling is no exoneration of Sonia Gandhi and a bail should not be seen as acquittal. Senior lawyer and Congress MP Abhishek Singhvi, who led the legal battle, said the matter never had any merit, but the govt used the media to exaggerate groundless claims. "It was a strange case where no ...Read More >
New Delhi, Dec 16 (PTI) In a relief to Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and five others, a Delhi court on Tuesday refused to take cognisance of the Enforcement Directorate's money laundering charge against them in the National Herald case, holding that the agency's probe stemmed from a private complaint and not an FIR. Delivering his order in a case that was marked by political slugfest and legal battles for several years, Special Judge Vishal Gogne said the cognisance of the ED's pr ...Read More >
The prosecution had 'miserably' failed to prove the conspiracy charge against Dileep in the sensational 2017 actress sexual assault case, a Kochi court has observed while citing inconsistencies and lack of sufficient evidence against the Malayalam star. IMAGE: Actor Dileep speaks to journalists in Kochi on December 8, 2025. Photograph: ANI on X The full judgement of Ernakulam District and Principal Sessions Court Judge Honey M Varghese was released late on Friday, and has revealed the judge al ...Read More >
Kochi, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The prosecution has initiated formal steps to challenge the trial court verdict in the high-profile 2017 actress assault case in Kerala, with the proposed appeal primarily targeting the acquittal of actor Dileep, the eighth accused, along with other co-accused. A detailed report outlining the legal grounds and feasibility of an appeal has been prepared by the Special Public Prosecutor and is scheduled to be submitted to the Director General of Prosecutions this we ...Read More >
Early findings revealed that the assault had been filmed, allegedly to later blackmail the survivor. Suni reportedly told her during the crime that he was acting "on contract." The survivor in the 2017 actress assault case on Sunday said the trial court verdict did not come as a surprise to her, noting that over the years she realised not every citizen in the country is treated equally before the law. In an emotional but strongly worded social media post, she alleged that her fundamental right ...Read More >
New Delhi: Noting that the social evil of dowry still prevails showing the ineffectiveness of the anti-dowry laws and at the same time the law is being misused by women for ulterior motives, Supreme Court Monday said this contradiction needed to be resolved as it is creating judicial tension.A bench of Justices Sanjay Karol & N K Singh highlighted this issue while convicting a man and his 94-year old mother in dowry death case when a 20-year old girl burnt to death in 2001 for not fulfilling the ...Read More >
Actor Manju Warrier has spoken out following the acquittal of Malayalam actor Dileep in the 2017 sexual assault case involving a female actor, stating that the legal outcome has not delivered full justice to the survivor. Dileep was acquitted on Monday by the Ernakulam Principal Sessions Court, which delivered its verdict after the trial concluded on November 25. Soon after the ruling, the actor alleged that he had been falsely implicated and accused Manju Warrier, his former wife, of being par ...Read More >
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