‘KNOCK HIGH COURT DOOR’

No Supreme Court relief for AAP’s Manish Sisodia

‘Not me, but you are target’, Sisodia’s letter to Kejri states

Moni Sharma

New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday told Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia to go to the high court if he wants to challenge his arrest by the CBI in the Delhi liquor policy case. CJI DY Chandrachud said, “Go to the High Court. Our doors are open, but we are not ready to hear it at this stage.”

“This will be a very bad precedent. You can’t do this just because you’re in Delhi,” Justice PS Narasimha said, referring to Sisodia’s request to rule arrest by CBI “illegal”. More on P6

`100 CR KICKBACKS, MONEY VIA HAWALA: CBI GRILLS SISODIA

Sisodia was remanded in 5-day CBI custody by the Rouse Avenue court on Monday. CBI wants him to answer questions regarding the Rs 100 crore in kickbacks received in the excise policy case and also the alleged money received through hawala channels.

Sisodia and Satyendar Jain quit as ministers

group’s counsel said the governor was bound by the previous rulings which imply that ultimately the test of majority has to be held on the floor of the House.

“The governor was bound by this court’s verdicts and ordered a floor test. What else is he supposed to do,” he said.

The bench also comprising justices MR Shah, Krishna Murari, Hima Kohli and PS Narasimha asked Kaul to specify what relevant materials the governor had, which made him ask for the floor test.

CJI Chandrachud asked why should a democratically elected government, which has been formed, be asked to face a floor test and does the governor, by recogniz ing the rival group, not legitimize the defec tion, which is other wise not permissible under the tenth sched ule. The hearing will continue on Wednesday.

Kejriwal Accepts Resignations Of Sisodia And Jain

J ailed AAP leaders Manish Sisodia and Satyendar Jain have resigned as Delhi Deputy CM & Health Minister resp, and Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal has accepted their resignations.

If sentenced to 2 years or more in jail, Sisodia and Jain may lose their seats and can’t contest polls for 6 years. Sisodia arrested by CBI for corruption in formulation and implementation of now-scrapped liquor policy. Jain arrested by ED for his involvement in a money laundering case.

Earlier In The Day Later In The Evening

When the matter came up, earlier in the day, for hearing in the Supreme Court, Singhvi cited the court’s judgment in the Vinod Dua case as the reason why Sisodia should be given relief, after which the court posted matter to 3.45 pm.

When SC took up Sisodia’s request again later in the evening, it said Vinod Dua case has no relevance whatsoever with his case as journalist’s matter was about freedom of speech, expression while his case is about alleged corruption.

When a government is formed, it’s not open to any group to say that we cannot go with this alliance. You, specify what were the compelling reasons which made the governor to ask the then-CM to prove his majority in the House? What prevented the governor asking you to move no confidence motion in the House?

—Supreme Court

AMID KCR’S EARLY POLL BUZZ IN TELANGANA... Amit Shah’s Telangana goal is ‘Praja Gosa, BJP Bharosa’

l HM Amit Shah and JP Nadda chair crucial BJP meeting l PM Modi to hold mega rally after a month in Hyderabad

First India Bureau

New Delhi/Hyderabad:

BJP’s top leaders will hold high-intensity rallies for next one month in all 119 assembly constituencies in Telangana, where election is due later this year. The party decided on this battle plan after top leaders met at BJP chief JP Nadda’s home on Tuesday.

Telangana BJP presi-

BJP TOP BRASS TO HOLD MAMMOTH RALLIES dent Bandi Sanjay Kumar besides other party leaders were also present. The BJP is concerned over reports that their rival and CM K Chandrashekar Rao may pre- fer an early election before BJP can prepare their ground to fight KCR’s BRS. The BJP has named its new Telangana campaign “Praja Gosa, BJP Bharosa”.

BJP’s top leaders will hold massive rallies in all the 119 assembly constituencies. Apart from this, BJP’s senior leaders including Union Ministers Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Smriti Irani will also hold at least 10 big rallies across Telangana.

Delhi’s Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sosodia’s arrest was illegal as his name was not in CBI chargesheet and the CBI’s allegation that he was not cooperating in the investigation was a weak excuse. —Abhishek Singhvi, Manish Sisodia’s lawyer

30K online child abusers detected, 4K may be held Bhopal (FIB): The USbased National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has identified more than 30,000 people in Madhya Pradesh who allegedly circulated suspected child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including pornography, online enticement and contact offenses. List of 4,000 sent across 10 districts for action and Around 500 to 600 cases have been reported from other MP cities.

‘Killers’ of Kashmiri Pandit killed in J&K

Army man martyred, another wounded in Pulwama shootout

Pulwama/Srinagar: 2 militants who “shot dead” a Kashmiri Pandit in Achan village, Pulwama, on Sunday were killed in an encounter in Padgampora village on Tuesday, Police said. An Army soldier was killed and another wounded in the shootout. J&K ADGP Vijay Kumar said that 1 of the militants killed

FEBRUARY 27, 2023 was identified as Aqib Mustaq Bhat, a resident of Pulwama (A category) who initially worked for the Hizbul Mujahideen but was later with LeT’s offshoot TRF.