Contempt plea against Modi in Supreme Court

July 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Gujarat government Thursday told the Supreme Court that it was set to challenge the court's April 27 order for a probe into the role of Chief Minister Narendra Modi and 62 politicians as well as bureaucrats in the communal violence of 2002. Senior counsel Mukul Rohtagi, appearing for the Gujarat government, stated this to judges D.K.

July 25th, 2009 SURAT - Families, which were victimised during the communal riots of 2002 in Gujarat, have expressed their happiness at the Gujarat High Court's green signal to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) to interrogate state Chief Minister Narenda Modi for his role in the riots. Zakia Jaffrey, whose husband Ehsan Jaffrey, ex-Congress MP was killed during the Gulburg society riots along with 39 others, hailed the decision.

July 10th, 2009 Man jailed 14 years for court contempt to be freedMEDIA, Pa. — A Pennsylvania man jailed for contempt of court for 14 years has been ordered released.

May 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Thursday dismissed a plea by former punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh seeking transfer of the trial of a corruption case against the state's present chief minister Parkash Singh Badal outside the state. Amarinder Singh's plea was dismissed by a bench of Chief Justice K.G.

May 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Friday said the Supreme Court order for speedy trial in the 2002 Gujarat riots cases has put the Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government 'on trial'. 'The Gujarat government is on trial,' Congress spokesperson Kapil Sibal told reporters here.

May 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - An advocate filed a petition before the Supreme Court on Friday seeking contempt proceedings against Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for his remarks in connection with the probe ordered against him and others for post-Godhra riots. Prashant Bhushan, who has been assisting the Court as amicus curiae in the matter of Jakia Nasim, wife of former Congress MP Ehsan Jafri, alleged that Modi had suggested the Supreme Court-ordered probe was a conspiracy of the Congress party.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Monday said that Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi must step down for 'justice to prevail' after the Supreme Court ordered a probe into Modi's role in the 2002 communal riots in his state. Reacting to the apex court directive, Congress spokesperson M.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Congress party Monday welcomed as 'unprecedented' the Supreme Court order for a probe into the role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in the 2002 riots in his state and demanded that he step down. However, Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dismissed it as political vendetta.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Monday ordered a special probe panel to investigate the role of Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi and top state officials in the 2002 communal riots and submit a report within three months. A bench of Justices Arijit Pasayat and Justice Asok Kumar Ganguly also ordered the Raghavan Committee panel, headed by former CBI Director R.K.

April 27th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The ghost of the 2002 Gujarat riots came to haunt the BJP midway through Elections 2009 with the Supreme Court Monday ordering a probe in the role of state Chief Minster Narendra Modi along with 50 other politicians and government officials. The news gave fresh ammunition to the Congress which was quick to demand Modi's resignation, especially in the poll season which has witnessed continued slugfest between the two parties.

April 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Supreme Court Wednesday dismissed a lawsuit seeking contempt of court proceeding against Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi and Union Minister T.R.

March 27th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - Gujarat's riot tainted minister Maya Kodnani resigned Friday after the Gujarat High Court rejected her anticipatory bail plea stating that her role in leading mobs during 2002 sectarian violence was 'nothing less than organised crime'. Kodnani, who is accused of leading mobs in Ahmedabad's Naroda Patiya and Naroda Gaam areas in which 106 people were killed during the 2002 sectarian violence, submitted her resignation soon after the court verdict came in.

March 2nd, 2009 JAIPUR - Lalit Modi, Indian Premier League (IPL) supremo, suffered a big jolt Sunday as he lost the election for the president in the Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA). Modi, who is also the vice-president of the Indian cricket board, lost 13-18 to the government's nominee, Sanjay Dixit, in the election held here Sunday.

February 21st, 2009 MUMBAI - Lalit Modi, chief architect of the multi-million dollar Indian Premier League (IPL), Friday hailed the Supreme Court's decision to reschedule Rajasthan Cricket Association (RCA) elections from Feb 22 to March 1 under the unamended constitution. Modi, who is the RCA president, said: 'My stand gets vindicated.

February 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Justice Arijit Pasayat of the Supreme Court Monday quit hearing a lawsuit on implementation of prestigious Bangalore-Mysore expressway in Karnataka. He abandoned the hearing on a plea by former prime minister H.D.