Delhi court issues bailable warrant against Amar Singh

October 24th, 2009 LUCKNOW - The Allahabad High Court Saturday turned down a plea for initiating criminal proceedings against Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh. The petition was moved by lawyer Shiv Kant Tripathi, who had earlier this week lodged a first information report (FIR) in a Kanpur police station accusing Amar Singh of committing fraud through his alleged money laundering operations during his stint as chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Development Council when Mulayam Singh Yadav was chief minister of the state.

October 16th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Bollywood mega star Amitabh Bachchan and Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh have been accused of involvement in a Rs.500 crore money laundering scam, according to a complaint lodged with Kanpur police. Lodged by local businessman Shivkant Tripathi late Thursday, the first information report has charged the two well-known faces, who are close friends, of being involved in a major fraud through money laundering.

October 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A city court Wednesday issued non-bailable warrants (NBWs) against four former MPs for not appearing before it in a case relating to the cash-for-query scam of 2005. The special judge issued NBWs against Narendra Kumar Kushwaha, Lal Chandra Kol, Manoj Kumar and Suresh Chandel besides alleged middleman Vijay Kumar Phogat, and asked them to appear before his court on Oct 28, when their bail plea will be decided.

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Tara Singh, an Afghan national, had to wait eight years for the Delhi High Court to hear his appeal against a 35-day imprisonment for illegal entry into the country. Justice Indermeet Kaur upheld the conviction of 35 days' jail for Singh and found him guilty under Section 14 of the Foreign Nationals Act.

October 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A city court Saturday asked Samajwadi Party general secretary Amar Singh to show medical records for seeking exemption from personal appearance in a two-year-old case cheating case he has filed, and also refused to withdraw the costs imposed on him. Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Kaveri Baweja pulled up Singh's counsel for not placing on record the medical certificates while seeking exemption in the case.

September 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A city court Wednesday acquitted three people accused of leading a mob that lynched a man during the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in the capital. Additional Sessions Judge Pinki acquitted Jagdish Singh, Sajjan Singh and Ishwar Singh, who were charged with leading a mob that killed Gurbakshish Singh outside his residence in Paschim Vihar as there was no concrete evidence against them.

September 27th, 2009 PANAJI - Ingo Grill, the controversial promoter of the famous 'Saturday nite market' in the quaint village of Arpora in Goa, is caught in a piquant situation. While the German national has been denied a visa by the union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) to enter India, a local trial court has issued a non-bailable warrant in his name for cutting down trees without requisite permission.

September 18th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Delhi High Court Friday upheld the life sentence for the 10 police officials convicted for shooting down two innocent businessmen in Connaught Place here 12 years ago. A division bench of Justices B.N.

September 16th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - TV actress Mona Singh, who was in Chandigarh for product promotion Wednesday, got little work done, as she was chased by determined rights activists with court summons for having dressed as goddess Sita in a reality show. At the end, she left town without accepting the summons.

September 9th, 2009 NEW DELHI - A city court Wednesday sentenced a man to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment for raping an eight-year-old girl. Additional Sessions Judge Shailender Kaur held Kartar Singh guilty of raping a minor and also imposed a fine of Rs.6,000 apart from the jail term.

September 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's National Assembly issued bailable arrest warrant against the chief secretary of Punjab state for failing to attend its sessions, Online news agency reported Wednesday. The warrant was issued against Chief Secretary Javed Mehmood for not appearing in meetings despite several notices.

September 5th, 2009 PATNA - A Bihar court has issued a non-bailable arrest warrant against Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray after he failed to appear before it in a case of allegedly making uncharitable and inflammatory remarks against residents of the state in his party mouthpiece Saamna. Rakesh Pati Tiwari, the sub-divisional judicial magistrate in Ara, district headquarters of Bhojpur, ordered issuance of the warrant Friday after Thackeray failed to appear before him or send a lawyer representing him in compliance with the court's July 7 order.

September 2nd, 2009 CHANDIGARH - A city-based voluntary organisation is to challenge the Punjab and Haryana High Court's clean chit to cricketer Harbhajan Singh for dressing like Ravana in a dance reality show, and allegedly hurting the sentiments of people. The high court quashed the complaint against Harbhajan Tuesday, filed by Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Global Human Rights Council (GHRC) in October last year.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Chairman of the National Commission for the Scheduled Castes Buta Singh Monday informed the Delhi High Court that he is ready to help the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in a bribery case against his son. After Buta Singh's counsel said his client is ready to be questioned by the CBI, Justice Geeta Mittal asked the investigative agency to interrogate him Sep 10 at his office.

August 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Former Bihar Governor Buta Singh on Monday informed the Delhi High Court that he was ready to be questioned by CBI in connection with the bribery case involving his son. His willingness to testify comes following CBI's clarification that the chairman of National Commission for Scheduled Castes is required to be questioned as a witness and not as an accused in the bribery case.