Abu Salem

Jailed gangster Abu Salem was on Tuesday sentenced to three years imprisonment in a 25-year-old fake passport case by an Uttar Pradesh court.

The Supreme Court on Monday said the Centre is bound to honour its commitment given to Portugal and release gangster Abu Salem on completion of his 25-year sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.

On gangster Abu Salem's petition against his jail sentence, the Supreme Court today used stern words while rejecting the Union Home Ministry's stance that the plea is premature.

Government is bound by assurance given by then deputy Prime Minister L K Advani to Portugal government that maximum sentence handed out to gangster Abu Salem will not exceed 25 years, Union home secretary told Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on whether it is going to abide by the solemn assurance given by then deputy Prime Minister LK Advani to the Portugal government.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the Centre on a plea filed by gangster Abu Salem contending that his imprisonment cannot extend beyond 25 years as per the terms of the extradition treaty between India and Portugal.

The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted time to extradited gangster Abu Salem, serving life imprisonment for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, to file documents in support of his petition claiming that his detention was illegal.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a plea by 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Abu Salem today, who claimed his extradition from Portugal in 2005 was illegal and liable to be cancelled because of alleged breach of terms by Indian authorities.

Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar has complained to Mumbai Police about receiving messages demanding Rs 35 crore from a person claiming to be a member of Abu Salem's gang, an official said on Thursday.

A key aide of 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Abu Salem who worked in his illegal property business in Delhi-NCR has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police, officials said on Thursday.

Actor-director Divya Khosla Kumar's bitter battle with singer Sonu Nigam has trended for hours. Ms Kumar, in an 11-minute video, rebutted Mr Nigam's claims, who had alleged that her husband Bhushan Kumar, the head of entertainment giant T-Series, begged him for protection from gangster Abu Salem over twenty years ago.

Bollywood director and actor Divya Khosla Kumar has come out in defence of the entertainment firm T-Series and her husband Bhushan Kumar, who heads the company, from barbs thrown by singer Sonu Nigam over a range of issues, from allegedly not giving chance to new talent to seeking shelter from gangster Abu Salem's reach over two decades ago.

A Lisbon court has dismissed a petition by 1993 Mumbai blasts' case convict Abu Salem claiming that his extradition conditions were violated by India, officials said.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani and Justice M.S. Sonak declined the request on the ground that under the prison rules, those convicted under terror charges were not eligible either for furlough or parole.

In the notice, Abu Salem also threatened the makers with defamation case if the scenes taht portrya wrong information about him are not removed within a period of 15 days.

Jailed gangster Abu Salem was on Tuesday sentenced to three years imprisonment in a 25-year-old fake passport case by an Uttar Pradesh court.

The Supreme Court on Monday said the Centre is bound to honour its commitment given to Portugal and release gangster Abu Salem on completion of his 25-year sentence in the 1993 Mumbai blasts case.

On gangster Abu Salem's petition against his jail sentence, the Supreme Court today used stern words while rejecting the Union Home Ministry's stance that the plea is premature.

Government is bound by assurance given by then deputy Prime Minister L K Advani to Portugal government that maximum sentence handed out to gangster Abu Salem will not exceed 25 years, Union home secretary told Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Centre to make its stand clear on whether it is going to abide by the solemn assurance given by then deputy Prime Minister LK Advani to the Portugal government.

The Supreme Court on Wednesday sought response from the Centre on a plea filed by gangster Abu Salem contending that his imprisonment cannot extend beyond 25 years as per the terms of the extradition treaty between India and Portugal.

The Delhi High Court Tuesday granted time to extradited gangster Abu Salem, serving life imprisonment for his role in the 1993 Mumbai serial blasts case, to file documents in support of his petition claiming that his detention was illegal.

The Supreme Court declined to hear a plea by 1993 Mumbai blasts convict Abu Salem today, who claimed his extradition from Portugal in 2005 was illegal and liable to be cancelled because of alleged breach of terms by Indian authorities.

Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Manjrekar has complained to Mumbai Police about receiving messages demanding Rs 35 crore from a person claiming to be a member of Abu Salem's gang, an official said on Thursday.

A key aide of 1993 Mumbai blasts case convict Abu Salem who worked in his illegal property business in Delhi-NCR has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the Uttar Pradesh police, officials said on Thursday.

Actor-director Divya Khosla Kumar's bitter battle with singer Sonu Nigam has trended for hours. Ms Kumar, in an 11-minute video, rebutted Mr Nigam's claims, who had alleged that her husband Bhushan Kumar, the head of entertainment giant T-Series, begged him for protection from gangster Abu Salem over twenty years ago.

Bollywood director and actor Divya Khosla Kumar has come out in defence of the entertainment firm T-Series and her husband Bhushan Kumar, who heads the company, from barbs thrown by singer Sonu Nigam over a range of issues, from allegedly not giving chance to new talent to seeking shelter from gangster Abu Salem's reach over two decades ago.

A Lisbon court has dismissed a petition by 1993 Mumbai blasts' case convict Abu Salem claiming that his extradition conditions were violated by India, officials said.

A division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice V.K. Tahilramani and Justice M.S. Sonak declined the request on the ground that under the prison rules, those convicted under terror charges were not eligible either for furlough or parole.

In the notice, Abu Salem also threatened the makers with defamation case if the scenes taht portrya wrong information about him are not removed within a period of 15 days.