Try For Subires, Manik Custody Outside Bengal, Hc Tells Cbi, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Calcutta High Court judge Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay told the CBI to make a plea in an appropriate court to question Subires Bhattacharyya outside the state if the former SSC chairman wasn’t cooperating with the investigation in the illegal recruitment case.“He must open up. These people are putting the state government...

Jharkhand HC hands over probe in cash-for-PIL case to CBI, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday dismissed an application filed by Kolkata-based businessman Amit Agarwal, the complainant in cash-for-PIL case involving advocate Rajiv Kumar and directed the CBI to investigate the conspiracy angle in the case. Agarwal, though a complainant against senior advocate Rajiv Kumar - known as an PIL expert,...

SC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The list of bureaucrats the Union law ministry recommended to the prime minister for picking an election commissioner did not have the name of even one person who could complete the stipulated six-year tenure at the poll panel, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. A five-judge Constitution bench headed by...

SC questions Centre’s “tearing hurry” in appointing ex-bureaucrat Arun Goel as EC, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

The Supreme Court on Thursday questioned the "haste" and "tearing hurry" with which the Centre appointed ex-bureaucrat Arun Goel as an Election Commissioner, saying his file travelled at "lightning speed" within departments in 24-hours. The central government vehemently resisted the observations, with Attorney General R Venkataramani contending the whole issue...

Hc Grants Bail To Lawyer Rajiv Kumar, Legal News, ET LegalWorld – Legal Firms

Ranchi: The Jharkhand high court (HC) on Wednesday granted bail to advocate Rajiv Kumar, a lawyer who was arrested by the Kolkata police with Rs 50 lakh cash.A police case was registered in the Hare Street police station against Kumar by businessman Amit Agarwal. He alleged that Kumar demanded money...