Noted scholar and rationalist M M Kalburgi was killed at Dharwad in 2015, Pansare, a social activist was also killed the same year. Lankesh, a journalist was killed on September 5, 2017 in Bengaluru whereas social activist and rationalist Dabholkar was assassinated on August 20, 2013.
Vijay Mallya is scheduled to return to the Westminster Magistrates' Court in London on Monday when his extradition trial is listed for a judgment hand-down.
The government had told the top court that Alok Verma and Special Director Rakesh Asthana were fighting like 'kilkenny cats'.
Verma's two-year tenure ends on January 31. He has challenged the Centre's decision.
The operation was coordinated by interim CBI Director M Nageswar Rao and a team of the agency’s officers led by Joint Director Sai Manohar.
The court will announce quantum of punishment on December 3. The convicts may get a maximum seven-year jail term.
Alok Verma, who has been divested of all duties by the Centre and sent on leave after his feud with Special Director Rakesh Asthana, had approached the apex court seeking stay on the Centre’s order contending that it was against the guidelines laid down by the top court.
The court permitted Verma to inspect the case file, stated to be in the custody of Central Vigilance Commission, on Thursday at 4:30 PM in the CVC's office where CBI's Superintendent of Police Satish Dagar will be present at the time of inspection.
A bench headed by Justice Madan B Lokur transferred the investigation being conducted by Bihar Police to the CBI, and dismissed the state government's request not to do so.
The Minister of State for Coal, who represents Banaskantha seat from Gujarat in the Lok Sabha, also sought an inquiry by the Centre over the charges against him.
In the Muzaffarpur shelter home case, an FIR was lodged on May 31 against 11 people following the TISS report.
The CBI lodged the supplementary chargesheet before the Designated TADA Court in the case registered 25 years ago.
In 2016, the CBI had registered a case against nine senior Income Tax officials and three private persons, including Chartered Accountant Sanjay Bhandari, for allegedly indulging in corrupt practices.
The rejoinder submissions were filed before Special Judge O P Saini through advocates P K Dubey and Arshdeep Singh.
The submissions have been made by the father-son duo in their rejoinder filed in response to the replies of the probe agencies.
The Rashtriya Janata Dal leader alleged that the minister was keen on meeting the Central Bureau of Investigation chief and was also directing top officials in the matter.
Replying to an RTI query, it said the PMO receives complaints against various Union ministers and high-level functionaries from time to time.
"We don't think anyone of you deserves a hearing," Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said on alleged leak of documents to media.
Sinha said during interrogation of a middleman Manoj Prasad, who was arrested in the bribery case allegedly involving Asthana, the names of Doval and Samant Kumar Goel, Special Director of India’s external intelligence agency (R&AW) cropped up.
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