Special Court

Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut, arrested in a money laundering case by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) will be produced before a special court in Mumbai, on August 8. As per sources, ED sought more than eight days of custody of Raut, as the custody ends on August 8. Furthermore, the ED also assured to make remarkable progress in the investigation of the irregularities in the Patra Chawl re-development case.

A special court on March 30, under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, will hear a plea by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in Aryan Khan's case. In addition, the NCB is seeking an additional 90-day time from the special court to file a charge sheet in the case. Notably, Aryan Khan, son of actor Shahrukh Khan, is one of the prime accused among the 20, in the case.
 

Setting aside a special court's order, a vacation bench in the Bombay High Court on November 7 sent Maharashtra's former Home Minister Anil Deshmukh in Enforcement Directorate's custody till November 12. The special court on November 6 remanded Deshmukh to judicial custody for 14 days. Reportedly, the ED arrested the minister on November 1 in connection with a money laundering case. He's accused of misusing his power for corruption.  

A Bengaluru special court on February 20 rejected the bail plea of six people accused of killing senior journalist-cum-activist Gauri Lankesh. Notably, the main accused and his aide have not yet applied for bail while the court had earlier denied bail to three other accused. Reportedly, the accused had shot Lankesh dead in September 2017 outside her house after getting inspired by a right-wing group Sanatan Sanstha's book that addressed … read-more