The Supreme Court Tuesday was told that the unaccounted black money stashed away to tax havens would not be recovered as the central government and its bureaucrats entrusted with the task have not taken any effective steps to recover it. Describing the steps taken so far to recover the money as “gre...

The Supreme Court Tuesday was told that the unaccounted black money stashed away to tax havens would not be recovered as the central government and its bureaucrats entrusted with the task have not taken any effective steps to recover it. Describing the steps taken so far to recover the money as “gre...

Ram Jethmalani has run a half-page advertisement article in the Indian Express today, arguing in detail why he is fighting for black money stashed in foreign bank accounts to be repatriated, laying into both his own party the BJP and the former Congress government.

The Supreme Court (SC) today asked the Special Investigation Team to submit by May 12 for its consideration the status report on its work on bringing back unaccounted money stashed away in tax havens abroad. The directive follows jurist Ram Jethmalani telling the apex court today that there were det...

The Supreme Court (SC) today asked the Special Investigation Team to submit by May 12 for its consideration the status report on its work on bringing back unaccounted money stashed away in tax havens abroad. The directive follows jurist Ram Jethmalani telling the apex court today that there were det...

The Supreme Court Tuesday rejected the plea by Nithari killer Surinder Koli seeking recall of the judgment upholding his death sentence in Rimpa Haldar murder case. The apex court bench of Chief Justice HL Dattu, Justice Anil R Dave and Justice SA Bobde, in the first open court hearing of the review...

Amid opposition attack of being soft on money laundering, the Indian government Monday furnished the names two individuals, including a promoter of the Dabur consumer goods company, and a mining company and its five directors to the Supreme Court, alleging they had funds in bank accounts abroad over...

Delhi litigation firm Karanjawala & Co has withdrawn as advocate-on-record (AoR) in senior advocate Ram Jethmalani’s Supreme Court case to get black money held by Indian nationals abroad returned to the country, reported the Times of India . Managing partner Raian Karanjawala told the TOI: “Whe...

The central government today told the Supreme Court that it could not disclose the names, received from foreign governments, of people who have allegedly stashed away their ill-gotten money to tax havens, as it was bound by the confidentiality clause under the double taxation avoidance agreement. It...

The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, convicted of possessing assests disproportionate to her known sources of income. Alongwith Jayalalithaa, her aide Sasikala Natarajan and two others have also been granted bail. PTI tweeted: “Jaya volunteered be...

The Supreme Court Friday granted bail to former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, convicted of possessing assests disproportionate to her known sources of income. Alongwith Jayalalithaa, her aide Sasikala Natarajan and two others have also been granted bail. PTI tweeted: “Jaya volunteered be...

The Delhi high court has directed former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala to surrender to Tihar Jail authorities here Saturday and discontinue his political rallies effective Friday. Justice Siddharth Mridul, in an order, also asked the jail authorities to take Chautala to the All India In...

The Karnataka high court Tuesday rejected the bail plea of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa, abruptly ending frenzied celebrations by her supporters after one of her lawyers earlier said she had got conditional bail. Justice AV Chandrashekara, who heard Jayalalithaa’s petition,...

A special bench of the Karnataka high court has adjourned to 7 October the hearing of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s petition for suspension of the sentence and bail in a corruption case, despite her lawyers, including Ram Jethmalani, having yesterday managed to secure an e...

After reports earlier today that the Karnataka high court wouldn’t hear jailed J Jayalalithaa’s bail plea until Monday , after the holidays, a special bench is now set to hear her bail plea tomorrow, reported India Today and others. Ashish Dixit, appearing as junior counsel to to senior counsel Ram ...

The criminal revision petition of jailed former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa for suspension of her sentence and bail was Tuesday adjourned to Oct 6 by the judge of a vacation bench of the Karnataka high court here. After admitting the revision petition, Justice Rathnakala posted the bail...

Jailed AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa will file a criminal revision petition Monday in the Karnataka high court to seek bail in the four-year jail term she has been sentenced to for corruption. “A team of senior lawyers met Jayalalithaa Sunday in the visitors’ room of the central jail where she is lod...

Jailed AIADMK leader J Jayalalithaa will file a criminal revision petition Monday in the Karnataka high court to seek bail in the four-year jail term she has been sentenced to for corruption. “A team of senior lawyers met Jayalalithaa Sunday in the visitors’ room of the central jail where she is lod...

The Supreme Court Wednesday declined a plea by mobile phone service providers and other corporate honchos to stay the trial of 2G cases before the Special CBI Court which is hearing the matter on a day-to-day basis. “What we have not done earlier we won’t do now,” said the bench of Justice HL Dattu ...

Lawyer-cum-filmmaker Siddharth Acharya has made a mini-documentary about the inimitable Ram Jethmalani.