Navjot Sidhu had earlier moved an application before the court of Patiala chief judicial magistrate, the day he surrendered in 34-yr-old case, seeking permission for special diet to be made available to him from home given his health complications.
Former Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu had been lodged in the barrack with four other prisoners sources stated.
Navjot Singh Sidhu, 58, was sentenced to one-year rigorous imprisonment in a 1988 road-rage case by the Supreme Court.
Former Punjab Congress chief Sidhu was sentenced to one year in jail on Thursday by the Supreme Court in a 1988 road rage case On Friday, he approached the apex court seeking a few weeks to surrender to "organise his medical affairs".
Sidhu has been sentenced to one-year imprisonment in the 1988 road rage case. The Supreme Court on Thursday delivered its order on the review petition in a three-decade-old road rage case filed by the victim's family against Navjot Singh Sidhu.
The Supreme Court Thursday imposed a sentence of one-year rigorous imprisonment on the cricketer-turned-politician in the 1988 road rage case, saying any undue sympathy to impose an inadequate sentence would do more harm to the justice system and undermine the public confidence in the efficacy of law.
Navjot Singh Sidhu was sent to one year in jail in connection to a road rage incident where a 65-year-old man passed away. The incident took place in 1988.
From a 22-yard cricket pitch to the hardcore political battleground, Navjot Singh Sidhu has dominated it all. However, his innings have not always been known for the winning runs. The cricketer-turned-politician has over the period of years made many comments and gestures that have stoked controversies. Here we look at a few that blew out of proportion.
The order was delivered by a bench of justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul today.
The order will be delivered by a bench of justices AM Khanwilkar and Sanjay Kishan Kaul. Earlier, the court had reserved the order on an application seeking to enlarge scope of notice in a road rage case against Navjot Singh Sidhu.
Earlier, AICC Punjab affairs in-charge Harish Chaudhary had sought action against Sidhu. In the letter dated April 23, which surfaced on Monday, Chaudhary had also forwarded a detailed note by Punjab Congress chief Amrinder Singh Raja Warring regarding Sidhu's "current activities".
The letter also mentioned Sidhu's ''inexcusable'' actions at the assumption ceremony of Warring. It said that Sidhu just greeted the incumbent PCC chief and left, while other leaders presented a united front.
Former Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu said he considered Punjab CM Bhagwant Mann his younger brother who will support the fight against the mafia.
The incident took place when the cricketer-turned-politician was addressing the Congress leaders and workers during the protest against the BJP-led central government over the continued rise in petrol, diesel, and cooking gas prices outside the Punjab Congress Bhawan, when state Congress youth chief Brinder Singh Dhillon interrupted Sidhu.
Sidhu tweeted a video clip from last year in which Arvind Kejriwal is heard saying that action can be taken against the accused in the sacrilege incidents within 24 hours.
The Aam Aadmi Party nominated former cricketer Harbhajan Singh, Lovely Professional University founder Ashok Mittal, AAP MLA Raghav Chadha, IIT Delhi faculty Sandeep Pathak and industrialist Sanjeev Arora for the March 31 Rajya Sabha polls.
Navjot Singh Sidhu had made the remark welcoming the change, ushered by the people and emphasising that their verdict should be 'humbly accepted'.
Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu on Wednesday submitted his resignation as the Punjab Pradesh Congress Committee (PPCC) chief. His move came after Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Tuesday demanded the resignation of the state chiefs of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur, Goa and Punjab, as a result of Congress' humiliating defeat in all these states.
Punjab Congress chief Navjot Singh Sidhu was defeated from the Amritsar East seat in the recently concluded Punjab Vidhan Sabha elections. AAP candidate and political greenhorn Jeevanjyot Kaur defeated Sidhu by a margin of 6,750 votes.
The Congress interim chief has also asked the PCC Presidents of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur to put in their resignations in order to facilitate reorganisation of post
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