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Bilaspur, April 6 (PTI) The Chhattisgarh High Court came down heavily on Amit Jogi, son of former Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, accusing him of adopting "deliberate dilatory tactics" to stall proceedings in the high-profile Ram Avtar Jaggi murder case. While the high court convicted Amit Jogi for conspiracy to murder Jaggi in 2003, the 75-page judgment shows how the accused attempted to push the legal system to the brink in order to stall justice. A copy of the order passed on April 2 was made ava ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday appeared in person in the Delhi High Court seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the CBI petition challenging the discharge of the AAP convenor and all other accused in the liquor policy case. Justice Sharma took Kejriwal's application for her recusal on record and listed it for hearing on April 13, after she was informed that a plea for transfer of the case to another HC bench filed before the apex co ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Monday issued notice on a recusal application filed by AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal, who appeared in person and sought that the matter relating to the alleged excise policy case be heard by a Bench other than that of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. The development came during the hearing of a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging a trial court order discharging Kejriwal, former Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and other ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday opposed before the Delhi high court, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's application seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing its appeal against the trial court's order discharging him and 22 others in the Delhi excise policy case, describing the development as "something serious" that had taken place in the national capital. Justice Sharma took Kejriwal's application on record and listed it for hearing ...Read More >
Raipur, Apr 6 (PTI) The Chhattisgarh High Court has sentenced Amit Jogi, son of former chief minister Ajit Jogi, to life imprisonment for the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi, observing that he was the "mastermind" and "driving force" behind the conspiracy. A division bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma, in its April 2 order, set aside a trial court's 2007 judgment acquitting Amit Jogi, holding it as "palpably illegal, wrong, perverse and contrary to the ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) Former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday appeared in person in the Delhi High Court seeking recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the CBI petition challenging the discharge of the AAP convenor and all other accused in the liquor policy case. Justice Sharma took Kejriwal's application for her recusal on record and listed it for hearing on April 13. Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, appearing for the CBI, argued that the court was not a forum for theatr ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: The Delhi high court on Monday heard the CBI's plea challenging the discharge of former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others in the alleged excise policy case. The matter has now been listed for April 13.Kejriwal, accompanied by his wife, appeared in court and informed the bench that he intends to argue his recusal application personally. A bench of Justices Swarana Kanta Sharma heard the matter.During proceedings, the bench clarified that a petitioner could only argue in person ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 6 (PTI) A Delhi court on Monday deferred the hearing of arguments on the fresh interim bail application filed by Al-Falah group chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui to April 11. This plea is related to the money laundering case involving the cheating of students enrolled in the Al-Falah University. Additional Sessions Judge Sheetal Chaudhary Pradhan was hearing the fresh bail plea after it was remanded to trial court by the Delhi High Court on April 1. Earlier on Wednesday, the Delhi ...Read More >
The Chhattisgarh high court on Thursday convicted former assembly member Amit Jogi, son of the late former chief minister Ajit Jogi, of Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Ramavatar Jaggi's murder around 23 years ago, directing him to surrender within three weeks. A bench of Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma set aside a trial court's 2007 acquittal and pronounced Amit Jogi guilty. The high court reopened the case last month. In November 2025, the Supreme Court asked ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday arrived at the Delhi High Court, along with his wife, in connection with his recusal application before Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma in the alleged liquor scam. Kejriwal is also expected to argue his case during the hearing. Also Read | Rajasthan Weather Forecast and Update: IMD Issues Yellow Alert for Rain and Hailstorms Till April 8. Refusing to comment on the matter, he told reporters, "The m ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 6 (ANI): Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal on Monday arrived at the Delhi High Court, along with his wife, in connection with his recusal application before Justice Swarna Kanta Sharma in the alleged liquor scam. Kejriwal is also expected to argue his case during the hearing. Refusing to comment on the matter, he told reporters, "The matter is sub-judice." The High Court is slated to hear a plea filed by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) ...Read More >
RAIPUR: In a major development in the 2003 murder of NCP leader Ramavatar Jaggi, the Chhattisgarh high court has convicted former MLA Amit Jogi and sentenced him to life imprisonment, overturning his earlier acquittal in the case. A division bench comprising Chief Justice Ramesh Sinha and Justice Arvind Kumar Verma set aside the 2007 trial court verdict that had given Jogi the benefit of doubt, and directed him to surrender within three weeks. The case relates to the killing of Ramavatar Jaggi, ...Read More >
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and ex-Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday moved a recusal application before the Delhi High Court, seeking the withdrawal of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma from hearing a case related to the excise policy irregularities. According to party sources, Kejriwal is likely to argue the matter himself before the court during the hearing scheduled for Monday. The development comes in connection with a petition filed by the CBI, challenging a trial court o ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will appear and argue in person before the Delhi High Court on Monday in a case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, AAP said. Kejriwal and several other accused in the case have moved an application seeking the recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the matter, the party said on Sunday. This comes days after the high court gave the AAP national convener and others one final opportunity to file their response on a plea b ...Read More >
The Delhi high court has set aside a 2002 verdict convicting two engineers of the city government's flood control department for accepting ₹1,800 in bribes from a contractor's employee in 1991, holding that the trial court had ruled against them on the basis of "unsatisfactory evidence". In a 48-page judgment, justice Chandrashekharan Sudha said the material on record was insufficient to establish their guilt beyond a reasonable doubt. "Suspicion, however strong, cannot take the place of proo ...Read More >
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief and former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others previously accused in the excise policy case have moved a recusal application before Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma in the Delhi High Court, the party said in a statement on Sunday. According to the statement, Kejriwal will also argue the case on Monday. This comes after the Delhi High Court on March 16 granted Kejriwal and others more time to respond to the Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI's) p ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 5 (SocialNews.XYZ) Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal and several other accused in the alleged Delhi excise policy case has moved a recusal application before the Delhi High Court, seeking that the matter be heard by a Bench other than that of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma. Sources indicated that former Delhi Chief Minister Kejriwal is likely to appear in person before the Delhi High Court on Monday to advance arguments in support of the plea seeking recusal ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal will appear and argue in person before the Delhi High Court on Monday in a case linked to the alleged excise policy scam, the Aam Aadmi Party said. Kejriwal, along with several other accused, has moved an application seeking the recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma from hearing the matter, the party said on Sunday. The AAP leader's plea was filed in response to a petition by the Enforcement Directorate challenging a trial co ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): In a significant development ahead of the scheduled hearing, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with several other former accused in the alleged liquor scam, has moved an application before the Delhi High Court seeking the recusal of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma from the case. According to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legal team, Kejriwal may appear before the Court on April 6 and could make submissions in person during the hearing. Also Read | UP G ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 5 (PTI) Former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday moved a plea in the Delhi High Court seeking the recusal of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma in the matter concerning the CBI's plea against the discharge of the AAP convenor and all other accused in the liquor policy case. According to sources privy to the development, Kejriwal is expected to appear in person to argue the application that is likely to come up for hearing on Monday. A similar plea for recusal is expected to be ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): In a significant development ahead of the scheduled hearing, former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, along with several other former accused in the alleged liquor scam, has moved an application before the Delhi High Court seeking the recusal of Justice Swarn Kanta Sharma from the case. According to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legal team, Kejriwal may appear before the Court on April 6 and could make submissions in person during the hearing. The High Court i ...Read More >
Justice Saurabh Banerjee remanded ED's plea to the special judge, noting that the relief was granted in view of his wife's chemotherapy session and the period of release has since lapsed. "Considering the peculiar facts and circumstances, especially since the interim bail was granted to the respondent in the wake of the chemotherapy of his wife which was to be held on March 12, 2026, for a period of two weeks, which has since lapsed, and since ED has filed cancellation of the same, which is pen ...Read More >
BHOPAL: Hours after a Delhi court sentenced Congress' Datia MLA Rajendra Bharti to three years in jail in a bank fraud case on Thursday, the Madhya Pradesh assembly secretariat hurriedly opened its office around midnight, issued a notification on Bharti's disqualification from the assembly and declared the seat vacant.The disqualification, however, has triggered a political row, with the opposition party terming the "midnight" move a "blatant violation of the democratic process". The Delhi court ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Delhi High Court on Thursday issued notice to the Delhi Police on the bail plea filed by Seema Rani Khakha, who is an accused in a case registered under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act. The matter came up before Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma, who sought a response from the Delhi Police and listed the case for further hearing in May. The court's direction came while hearing Khakha's plea challenging the rejection of her third bail ...Read More >
The Delhi high court on Thursday granted a final opportunity to former Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and other respondents to file their replies in the Enforcement Directorate's (ED) petition seeking expunging of adverse observations made by a trial court while discharging them in the excise policy case. A bench of justice Swarana Kanta Sharma issued the direction after counsel appearing for Kejriwal and others sought additional time to submit their responses. The court was informed that ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): Former Chhattisgarh MLA Amit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Ajit Jogi, on Thursday reacted to his conviction by the Chhattisgarh High Court in the 2003 Ramavatar Jaggi murder case, alleging that he was not given an opportunity to present his side, which he said goes against the principles of natural justice. Speaking to ANI, Jogi said, "The High Court has accepted the CBI's appeal, but I was not even given the opportunity for a hearing in it. T ...Read More >
Update on Rajpal Yadav's cheque bounce case. ShowQuick Read Summary is AI-generated, newsroom-reviewed * The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its judgment in a cheque bounce case * Presiding over the matter, Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma expressed clear displeasure * The case stems from a May 2024 sessions court order that convicted Yadav in a cheque bounce matter Did our AI summary help? Let us know. Switch To Beeps Mode The Delhi High Court on Thursday reserved its judgment in a c ...Read More >
Raipur: The Chhattisgarh High Court on Thursday convicted Amit Jogi, son of former Chhattisgarh chief minister Ajit Jogi, in 2003 murder case of Nationalist Congress Party leader Ramavatar Jaggi. The court has set aside his earlier acquittal by a trial court. A division bench overturned the 2007 verdict that had given Amit Jogi the benefit of doubt and directed him to surrender within three weeks, according to counsel for the Central Bureau of Investigation. Ramavatar Jaggi, who was the treasu ...Read More >
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the bail granted to businessman Satinder Singh Bhasin in connection with a multi-crore rupee alleged Grand Venice Mall scam in Greater Noida and directed him to surrender before the jail authorities within a week. A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh cancelled Bhasin's bail as he failed to settle the claims of the flat allottees, and also for siphoning off Rs 50 crore from the funds of Bhasin Infotech and Infrastructure Privat ...Read More >
New Delhi, April 2: The Delhi High Court on Thursday deferred the hearing on a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) seeking the expunging of certain adverse observations made against it by a trial court while discharging all accused, including AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, in the excise policy case. A single-judge Bench of Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma granted a "last and final opportunity" to the respondents, including Kejriwal and Sisodia, to file their replies to th ...Read More >
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