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Supreme Court orders CBI probe into death of Sushant Singh Rajput

12:36 pm August 19, 2020

New Delhi: Holding that the FIR registered in Bihar’s Patna over the death of Sushant Singh Rajput was legitimate, the Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the case. The single-judge bench of Justice Hrishikesh Roy also said that the Bihar Government was competent to recommend transferring the case to the CBI. The apex court also asked Mumbai Police to hand […]

Delhi sealing: Monitoring committee can’t exceed power & take action beyond authorisation, says SC

8:56 pm August 14, 2020

New Delhi: Encroachment is a matter of concern but the monitoring committee, set up in 2006 to identify unauthorised structures and check misuse of residential properties in Delhi, “cannot exceed its power” and take any action beyond its authorisation, the Supreme Court said on Friday. A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said at no point of time, the apex […]

AIIMS forensic team report lacks credibility, says Rajput's family lawyer

Rajput’s father urges SC to confirm transfer of his son’s suicide case to CBI

7:51 pm August 13, 2020

New Delhi: Sushant Singh Rajput‘s father Thursday urged the Supreme Court to “confirm” the transfer his son’s suicide case to the CBI and direct the Mumbai police to “render all assistance” to the central probe agency. Mumbai Police was “not investigating the matter properly”, Krishna Kishore Singh alleged in his written submission to the apex court. The Bihar government and Rhea Chakraborty, against whom Krishna has […]

Daughters have equal coparcenary rights in joint Hindu family property: SC

8:47 pm August 11, 2020

New Delhi: Holding that daughters cannot be deprived of their right of equality, the Supreme Court Tuesday ruled that they will have equal coparcenary rights in joint Hindu family property even if the father died before the Hindu Succession (Amendment) Act 2005. A bench of Justices Arun Mishra, S Nazeer and M R Shah said the provisions contained […]

FIR: HC relief for one Sushant sister, not for another

Sushant’s death: ED questions Rhea, family for 9 hours in money laundering case

11:05 pm August 10, 2020

Mumbai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday questioned actor Rhea Chakraborty and her family members for about nine hours in connection with a money laundering case linked to the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput. Rhea, her brother Showik and father Indrajit Chakraborty reported at the office of the central probe agency in the Ballard Estate area around 11 am in response to […]