Lawyer requests SG Mehta s consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against Justice Katju ANI | Updated: Apr 03, 2021 16:32 IST
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): A lawyer has written a letter to the Solicitor General (SG) Tushar Mehta and requested his consent to initiate criminal contempt proceedings against former Supreme Court judge, Justice (retired) Markandey Katju for his extremely contemptuous remarks made in fugitive Nirav Modi extradition case.
Lawyer, Alakh Alok Srivastava, had written the letter to the SG Mehta, after the Attorney General (AG) KK Venugopal, had, on March 30, recused himself from allowing his permission to initiate contempt of court proceedings against Justice (retd) Katju. He, however, advised Srivastava, to approach the SG for the same.
With a UK court ruling in favour of extradition of fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi, wanted in India on charges of fraud and money laundering in Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, Mumbai's Arthur Road jail has kept a special cell ready to lodge him, an official said today.
Nirav Modi can be extradited to India, rules UK judge
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The court sent Nirav Modi extradition order to the Secretary of State
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UK judge on Thursday said prima facie case established against Nirav Modi on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated $2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case after a nearly two-year-long legal battle.
Judge at Westminster Magistrate s Court accepts money laundering charges against Nirav Modi. The UK court also accepted Indian case that he threatened witnesses and tampered with evidence. The court sent Nirav Modi extradition order to the Secretary of State.
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Will PNB scam accused Nirav Modi be extradited to India? UK court verdict today
Wanted diamond merchant Nirav Modi, who remains behind bars in a London prison as he contests his extradition to India on charges of fraud and money laundering in the estimated USD 2-billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case, will find out the UK court s ruling in the nearly two-year-long legal battle on Thursday.
The 49-year-old is expected to appear via videolink from Wandsworth Prison in south-west London at Westminster Magistratesâ Court, where District Judge Samuel Goozee is set to hand down his judgment on whether the jeweller has a case to answer before the Indian courts.
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