In the ongoing case hearing of Arvind Kejriwal, his lawyer Abhishek Manu Singhvi, recently, questioned the veracity of the approvers’ statements that the Enforcement Directorate was used to build its case against the arrested Delhi chief minister. Indispensable to the criminal justice system An approver though never used or defined in criminal laws, is understood to be a person who …
The Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court recently held that an accused cannot withdraw application to become a witness for the prosecution against co-accused once the application is accepted and pardon is already granted. would show that after acceptance of pardon in view of the scheme of Sections 306 to 308 the approver has no choice or option or …
Hyderabad: The designated court trying the Delhi liquor scam case filed by the Enforcement Directorate granted bail to two accused, Rajesh Joshi and Gautam Malhotra, on Saturday on the grounds that the evidence produced by the investigating agency against them was not incriminating enough. The two are key persons in the case because the ED accused them of channelling monetary …
Earlier this week, dismissed Mumbai Police officer Sachin Vaze turned an approver in the extortion case against former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh, after the approval of the Central Bureau of Investigation. 'NO OBJECTION': CBI Approving Vaze's application to turn approver, the CBI said it "has no objection if the application filed by the accused is allowed by the court …