Manish Sisodia was the main architect and the brain behind the criminal conspiracy, Delhi court observes while denying him bail in the money laundering case related to the Delhi excise policy scam.
Special CBI Judge MK Nagpal holds that Sisodia was responsible for changing the eligibility criteria of the wholesalers and their profit margins and this was done without any discussions/deliberations in the Group of Ministers (GoM).
"It further emerges out from the above that this applicant was responsible for changing the GoM report unilaterally to suit the requirements of South lobby," the court said.
Judge MK Nagpal further said that evidence on record shows that Sisodia was connected with the generation of proceeds of crime of around Rs 100 crores in the form of advance kickbacks which were paid by the South Lobby to Vijay Nair.
"seriousness or gravity of the offence and its nature or category, the capacity of applicant in which it has been committed, the manner of its commission and also certain other factors like impact of the offence as well as the possible impact of release of applicant on society… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The court concluded that ED has been able to show genuine and prima facie evidence that Sisodia is involved in the offence of money laundering.
"Therefore, the present bail application of accused Manish Sisodia is being dismissed."
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
Justice BV Nagarathna: one of the great historic claims to liberty is the claim to speak, to publish and to make known..the claim to freedom of speech and expression includes free press.. thus in any society which aspires to be a democracy.. a free and balanced press is… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
The Gujarat High Court would shortly begin hearing the criminal revision application filed by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi seeking to suspend his conviction and two years jail term imposed on him by a Surat Court for his "All thieves have Modi surname" remark.
Case: Justice Ganguly's direction to the Secretary General of SC to produce official translation of the interview transcript before him
Supreme Court bench of Justices A S Bopanna and Hima Kohli to suo motu commence hearing at 8 pm #SupremeCourtofIndia
Read previous stories:
Justice Abhijit Gangopadhyay of Calcutta HC directs Supreme Court Secretary General to place his interview transcript before him by midnight | barandbench.com/news/litigatio…
Client Benazeer Heena: we have a 1.5 year old son and is there nothing for me and my son in my personal law.. the three notices of divorce sent to me is not with his signature and its through three different lawyers.. we are on the roads with my 1.5 year old son... now this man… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
CJI: Are you providing for maintenance or not?
Sr Adv Divan: Please look at Justice Kaul's order he has clarified that he is not in the marriage
Benazeer Heena: no maintenance has been paid to me #supremecourt
Supreme Court to shortly hear a batch of cases highlighting inaction by states in acting against instances of hate speech made against Muslims and Christians.
#SupremeCourt hears a plea challenging Calcutta HC order directing the CBI to investigate an alleged scam in Municipal recruitments in West Bengal, taking note of the Enforcement Directorate's findings during its probe into the school jobs for bribes scam
CJI DY Chandrachud: no notice to State of West Bengal and they were not made made a party
ASG SV Raju: they were there but did not choose to appear
CJI: Appearance list does not record anyone from the state of west Bengal
Sr Adv Kapil Sibal: no this was not done
Justice Narasimha: state was not heard and there seems to be uncertainty so you can go before the high court again
Sibal: instead of serving advocates of the state...they played mischief