Ashish Kumar Bhargava

J&K Internet Curbs, All Restrictions To Be Reviewed In A Week: Top Court

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Arvind Gunasekar; Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Friday January 10, 2020

Bringing massive relief to the people of Kashmir after months of communication and internet lockdown, the Supreme Court today said right to internet is part of the constitutional right to freedom of speech and ordered the Jammu and Kashmir administration to review within one week all restrictive orders in place since the government ended special st...

Chhapaak Makers Asked By Delhi Court To Name Lawyer In Credits

Entertainment | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Nilanjana Basu | Thursday January 9, 2020

Aparna Bhat said that despite representing Laxmi Agarwal in court for several years and helping in the making of Chhapaak, she was not given due credit in the film

Two Nirbhaya Convicts File Plea Against Death Sentence In Supreme Court

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Shylaja Varma | Thursday January 9, 2020

Two of the four men sentenced to death in the Nirbhaya gang-rape and murder case have filed curative petitions in the Supreme Court, exercising the last legal option against the death sentence. Vinay Sharma and Mukesh Singh approached the top court two days after a Delhi court declared that the four rapists will be hanged at 7 am on January 22.

"Girls Believed Dead Are Alive": Sensational Twist In Bihar Shelter Case

India News | Reported By Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited By Swati Bhasin | Wednesday January 8, 2020

Thirty-five girls suspected to have been killed at a shelter in Bihar's Muzaffarpur are alive, the CBI told the Supreme Court today in a sensational twist in the mass sex assault case that triggered nationwide outrage about two years ago.

Government To Refund Rs 104 Crore To RCom After Top Court Rejects Request

Business | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Sandeep Singh (with inputs from agencies) | Tuesday January 7, 2020

The Department of Telecom has already adjusted Rs 30.33 crore.

Death For Nirbhaya Convict, Confirms Supreme Court, Review Dismissed

India News | Reported by A Vaidyanathan, Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday December 18, 2019

The four men convicted in the 2012 gang-rape, torture and killing of a young medical student in Delhi are a step closer to being hanged after the Supreme Court today dismissed the last review petition in the case, filed by one of the convicts. Confirming the death sentence of convict Akshay Kumar Singh, the court said he had the option of pleading ...

Ayodhya Case Lawyer Rajeev Dhavan Says "Sacked" For "Nonsense" Reason

India News | Reported by Ashish Kumar Bhargava, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Tuesday December 3, 2019

Senior lawyer Rajeev Dhavan, who appeared for Muslim petitioners in the landmark Ayodhya temple-mosque case, posted on Facebook today that he had been sacked unceremoniously by the group Jamiat Ulema-e-Hind over reasons he described as "total nonsense". The Jamiat had yesterday filed a petition asking the Supreme Court to review its verdict last mo...

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.