Ashish Kumar Bhargava

Karnataka Crisis: On Karnataka Rebel Lawmakers' Status, Supreme Court Order Tomorrow

Karnataka News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday July 16, 2019

Karnataka's rebel lawmakers today told the Supreme Court that their resignations must be accepted, that they could not be "forced to attend the assembly". "Is there any evidence of a gun being pointed at their temple," former attorney general Mukul Rohatgi, representing the rebels, told the court, alleging that the Speaker was deliberately sitting ...

Top Court To Hear Congress' Petition On Simultaneous Polls To Rajya Sabha

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Debanish Achom | Tuesday June 18, 2019

The Supreme Court will tomorrow hear a petition by the Congress to hold simultaneous elections to two Rajya Sabha seats that have fallen vacant after BJP's Amit Shah and Smriti Irani moved to the Lok Sabha.

Rahul Gandhi's "Unconditional Apology" To Top Court For Misquoting It

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 8, 2019

Rahul Gandhi, in an "unconditional apology" to the Supreme Court, said today that he had "unintentionally and inadvertently" linked its Rafale case order to his "Chowkidar chor hai" phrase against Prime Minister Narendra Modi. With a new affidavit, he requested the court to end the contempt case against him by BJP lawmaker Meenakshi Lekhi.

Delhi Court To Take Call On MJ Akbar's Defamation Case On January 29

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday January 22, 2019

A Delhi court will decide next week if former Union Minister MJ Akbar's defamation suit against journalist Priya Ramani merits a trial and whether she should be summoned as an accused. Under the law, defamation carries a sentence of two-year jail term or fine or both. In case of a negative decision on January 29, Mr Akbar can appeal in a higher cou...

Chief Justice, On Panel To Pick New CBI Chief, Withdraws From Key Hearing

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Monday January 21, 2019

Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi has withdrawn from the hearing on a case challenging the appointment of M Nageswara Rao as interim CBI chief.

Delhi High Court Confirms Conviction Of 88 People In 1984 Anti-Sikh Riots

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Wednesday November 28, 2018

The conviction of 88 people in connection with the 1984 anti-Sikh riots in Delhi after the assassination of then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, has been upheld by the Delhi High Court. Calling it a "landmark judgment", senior advocate HS Phulka said the court has criticised the fact that despite the recovery of 95 bodies, none of the accused were ch...

Hate Speech Complaint Against Yogi Adityanath Back In Gorakhpur Court

India News | Written By Alok Pandey and Ashish Kumar Bhargava | Tuesday September 11, 2018

A court in Uttar Pradesh has been asked to decide afresh whether it would take note of a decade-old hate speech complaint against Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The order from the Supreme Court came today in response to a demand to prosecute Yogi Adityanath.

Sonia Gandhi, Son Rahul's Request In Tax Case Rejected By High Court

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Divyanshu Dutta Roy | Monday September 10, 2018

Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi and son Rahul Gandhi's requests challenging the reopening of their tax assessment for the year 2011-12 was dismissed by the Delhi High Court on Monday.

Evidence, Not Dissent, Behind Activists' Arrests, Police Tells Top Court

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday September 5, 2018

The arrest of five rights activists had nothing to do with their dissenting opinion or difference in their political or other ideologies but was because of "serious criminal offences" and incriminating material, the Maharashtra police told the Supreme Court today.

Congress Looks For "Bench-Fixing": BJP On Withdrawal Of Impeachment Plea

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Tuesday May 8, 2018

The BJP has lashed out at the Congress protest move of withdrawal of its petition in Supreme Court on the impeachment of Chief Justice of India. The party's address to the media, explaining its reasons, has further infuriated the BJP. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi must explain the matter and say where he stands on this, the BJP has said.

On Impeachment Move Against Chief Justice, Congress Withdraws Petition

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday May 8, 2018

Just a day after going to the Supreme Court, the Congress abruptly withdrew its petition today on the impeachment move against Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra, which was rejected recently by Vice President Venkaiah Naidu.

Centre's Rejection Of Justice Joseph Is A Wrong Message, Says Ex-Chief Justice TS Thakur

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Saturday April 28, 2018

The centre's decision to turn down the recommendation to appoint Justice KM Joseph to the Supreme Court is sending a message that if a judge rules against the government, there will be consequences, former Chief Justice of India TS Thakur told NDTV. He said the decision could not only strike at the heart of judicial independence but also lower the ...

Centre Said Court Ordered Aadhaar-Phone Linking. Top Court's Rejoinder

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Wednesday April 25, 2018

For more than a year, the centre has cited a Supreme Court ruling to order millions of mobile phone subscribers to link their phone connection with an Aadhaar number and many have complied. On Wednesday, the Supreme Court pulled out the ruling. It turned out that the Supreme Court had never ordered the government to link mobile phones with Aadhaar.

"Didn't Come With Clean Hands": Poll Body On Axed AAP Lawmakers' Plea

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Sunday February 4, 2018

The Election Commission was not bound to call Aam Aadmi Party, or AAP, lawmakers for an oral hearing before recommending their disqualification to President Ram Nath Kovind, the election body has told the Delhi High Court in an affidavit filed on Saturday. The commission said the 20 lawmakers disqualified in an office of profit case had been given ...

Don't Want To Become World's Refugee Capital: Top Court Told On Rohingya

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Aloke Tikku | Wednesday January 31, 2018

The centre doesn't want India to become the refugee capital of the world, the government's senior law officer told the Supreme Court on Wednesday. The law officer Tushar Mehta's assertion was a response to the petitioners alleging that border guards in the eastern part of the country, armed with stun guns and chilly spray, were pushing back the ref...