Ishrat Jahan case: CBI not to challenge discharge of ex-Gujarat police officers DG Vanzara, NK Amin

Central Bureau of Investigation lawyer RC Kodekar conveyed the decision in a written submission to special CBI judge RK Chudawala on Thursday.

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· Jul 26, 2019 · 12:53 pm

Former Gujarat police officers DG Vanzara, NK Amin discharged in Ishrat Jahan encounter case

A special court dropped the proceedings as the CBI did not get the Gujarat government’s sanction to prosecute them.

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· May 02, 2019 · 01:07 pm

Ishrat Jahan case: CBI says Gujarat government refused sanction to prosecute former police officers

The defence lawyer asked the court permission to file an application to drop proceedings against DG Vanzara and NK Amin.

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· Mar 20, 2019 · 12:42 pm

Uttar Pradesh encounters: UN human rights experts concerned about killings, call for investigation

The experts have sent detailed information to the Indian government about 15 such cases, but are reportedly yet to receive a response.

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· Jan 12, 2019 · 07:24 pm

Gujarat ‘fake encounters’: Final report of monitoring panel should be given to petitioners, says SC

A panel led by former judge HS Bedi investigated 22 encounter cases and submitted its report in a sealed cover last year.

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· Jan 09, 2019 · 12:42 pm

‘Who killed Sohrabuddin Sheikh inquiry?’ Arun Jaitley responds to Rahul Gandhi’s remark on verdict

The Union minister said he had written to former PM Manmohan Singh on the politicisation of the investigation in 2013, which has turned true over the years.

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· Dec 31, 2018 · 02:37 pm

Sohrabuddin Sheikh case: CBI inquiry was ‘preconceived and premeditated’, says trial court judge

Special CBI court judge SJ Sharma accused the agency of ‘creating evidence’ and ‘placin witnesses’ in the chargesheet.

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· Dec 28, 2018 · 08:28 pm

Gujarat ‘fake encounters’: SC asks head of inquiry panel if he shared report with other members

Former judge HS Bedi had submitted a report of the monitoring committee in a sealed cover in February.

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· Dec 12, 2018 · 06:34 pm

Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter: Special CBI court to deliver judgement on December 21

The CBI had told the court that hostile witnesses obstructed the probe into the deaths of Sheikh, his wife Kauserbi and his aide Tulsiram Prajapati.

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· Dec 07, 2018 · 12:06 pm

Sohrabuddin case: Final arguments end, CBI accuses hostile witnesses of hindering investigation

Out of the 210 witnesses examined by the prosecution, 92 were declared hostile.

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· Dec 06, 2018 · 09:19 am

Sohrabuddin Sheikh ‘fake encounter’ case: CBI court begins hearing final arguments

The Mumbai court is also hearing arguments in the case related to the encounter death of Sheikh’s aide Tulsiram Prajapati in 2006.

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· Dec 03, 2018 · 02:29 pm

Tulsiram Prajapati encounter case: Amit Shah among main conspirators, says investigating officer

Sandeep Tamgadge, in his testimony before the Central Bureau of Investigation court in Mumbai, said there was a ‘politician-criminal-police nexus’.

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· Nov 22, 2018 · 12:05 pm