The legal battle surrounding Swami Avimukteshwaranand Saraswati has intensified, with the Shankaracharya moving an anticipatory bail petition before the Allahabad High Court. The matter is likely to come up for hearing soon.
Allowing the bail petition, Justice Rakesh Kainthla held that merely criticising hostilities between India and Pakistan or expressing a desire for peace cannot be construed as sedition or an offence under the law.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court has dismissed the anticipatory bail petitions filed by Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) General Secretary Anand and C.T.R. Nirmalkumar, Joint Secretary, in connection with the Karur stampede case.
The Madurai Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed the bail petition of Pon Vasanth, husband of Madurai Mayor Indrani, who is among the accused in the Madurai Corporation property tax scam.
"And I repeat, after careful evaluation, UK courts have twice concluded that there is an evidenced prima facie case against the applicant," Justice Fordham said, while rejecting Nirav Modi's bail plea. It was his 10th bail petition since his detention in the United Kingdom in 2019.
During the hearing, a prosecutor said that an anti-terrorism court had permitted conducting photogrammetric and polygraph tests of Khan in Rawalpindi's Adiala jail in the May 9 cases and requested the bench defer the bail proceedings.
In a significant development, the High Court of Justice, King's Bench Division, London, on Thursday rejected a fresh bail petition filed by Nirav Deepak Modi. Modi, who has been lodged in a UK prison since March 19, 2019.
The Delhi High Court on Friday reserved its decision on the bail petition of Christian James Michel, the alleged middleman in the money laundering case linked to the AgustaWestland VVIP Chopper scandal. Recently, the Supreme Court granted him bail in a related CBI case.
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday issued a notice on the regular bail petition filed by Tahir Hussain, who recently joined the All India Majlis-e-Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen (AIMIM) to contest the upcoming Delhi Assembly elections.