The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday dismissed the PIL filed against Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his relatives in an illegal mining case. The PIL was filed by one Sunil Kumar Mahato. The court said the petition is the repetition of an old PIL that was filed by Shiv Shankar Sharma. “There’s nothing new in this PIL,” the court said. […]
Jharkhand HC to hear Heman Soren’s plea against ED summons on October 3
The Jharkhand High Court has deferred the hearing on a writ petition filed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren against the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) summons. The matter will be heard on October 13. Chief Minister Hemant Soren had earlier filed a writ petition in the Jharkhand High Court challenging the summons issued against him in a money […]
SC adjourns Hemant Soren plea against Jharkhand HC order
The Supreme Court on Thursday adjourned the hearing on the plea of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren and the state government against the Jharkhand High Court order which had accepted the maintainability of PIL in connection with shell companies allegedly related to state Chief Minister Hemant Soren and his associates. A bench […]
Jharkhand HC slams state govt on deteriorating law and order situation
The Jharkhand High Court on Wednesday slammed the Hemant Soren’s government over the deteriorating law and order situation and sought a report from the state government over the killing of a criminal at the Deoghar court’s premises. A division bench of Chief Justice Dr Ravi Ranjan and Justice Sujit Narayan Prasad, while taking the […]
Pooja Singhal case: Money laundering done through various shell companies, ED tells Jharkhand HC
Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday informed the Jharkhand High Court that the investigation by the agency against suspended Jharkhand mining secretary Pooja Singhal and others suggests that money laundering has been done through various shell companies. The ED said that the MGNREGA scam in Khunti district and other related corruption […]