The pronouncement of then quantum of punishment was delivered by Delhi's Rouse Avenue Court which was reserved on Thursday, after the submissions of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
"It will be contrary to the provisions of the AMASR Act, 1958 (Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act) to agree to the contention of the Respondents or any other person claiming a fundamental right to worship in this centrally protected monument," read the affidavit filed by ASI.
Delhi Police Commissioner Rakesh Asthana also confirmed that the attackers have been neutralized.
New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested lawyer Gautam Khaitan, a co-accused in the AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal case, in a fresh money laundering case, agency officials said on Saturday. He was produced before a duty magistrate on Saturday, who remnaded him to ED custody till Janaury 28. The arrest comes a week after […]
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday dismissed a PIL seeking a ban on the trailer of the movie “The Accidental Prime Minister” on the ground it had caused unaccountable damage to the name and fame of the office of the Prime Minster. A bench of Chief Justice Rajendra Menon and Justice V. Kameswar […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday extended by another four days the CBI custody of British national Christian Michel, the middleman accused in the Rs 3,600-crore AgustaWestland VVIP chopper deal. Special Judge Arvind Kumar allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to quiz Michel till December 15. The CBI had sought five days’ custody […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court today summoned RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav, his wife Rabri Devi and son Tejashwi Yadav and others as accused in the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) scam. Special Judge Arvind Kumar directed them to appear before the court on August 31 in a case related to alleged irregularities […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court was today informed that the five-star hotel suite where Congress leader Shashi Tharoor’s wife Sunanda Pushkar was found dead in 2014 has been de-sealed. Metropolitan magistrate Dharmender Singh was told by the advocate appearing for the hotel that it has been given possession of the suite, after which the court […]
New Delhi: A teacher, accused of sodomising two of his 11-year-old students at a blind school here, has been acquitted by a Delhi court after the children denied the incident. Special Judge Prem Kumar Barthwal absolved the man, an Assistant Teacher at a blind school in south Delhi, of the offence of sodomy under the […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Saturday extended Robert Vadra’s interim bail till March 2. Vadra was present at the court for the first time in connection with a money laundering case being probed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED). Special Judge Arvind Kumar also extended till March 2 interim protection from arrest to Vadra’s close […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Wednesday sent Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik to judicial custody till May 24 in connection with a case related to the funding of terror and separatist groups in the state. Presenting him before Additional Sessions Judge Rakesh Syal, Tihar Jail authorities pleaded that Malik should […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Tuesday granted exemption from personal appearance to Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and three others in a defamation complaint filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajiv Babbar. However, Additional Chief Metroplitan Magistrate Samar Vishal asked Kejriwal, Rajya Sabha member Sushil Kumar Gupta, MLA Manoj Kumar and Aam Aadmi Party […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday granted bail to senior Congress leader Shashi Tharoor in a defamation case filed by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Rajeev Babbar over his “scorpion” remark against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal asked Tharoor to furnish a personal bond of Rs 20,000. Thereafter, the court […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA Som Dutt to six months imprisonment for physically assaulting a man, leaving him grievously injured during the 2015 Assembly election campaign. Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Samar Vishal pronounced the quantum of sentence on the MLA from Sadar Bazar constituency. The court also […]
New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday commenced the trial in a case of alleged rape of a minor girl in Unnao in 2017. District Judge Dharmesh Sharma completed recording statement of a prosecution witness in an in-camera hearing in the case in which expelled BJP MLA Kuldeep Singh Sengar is a key accused. The […]