The Delhi Police on Monday (May 14th, 2018) filed a charge sheet in the death of Sunanda Pushkar, naming the husband and Congress leader Shashi Tharoor as an accused in the case.
The charge sheet was filed before Metropolitan Magistrate Dharmendra Singh under sections 498A (husband or relative of husband subjecting a woman to cruelty) and 306 (abetment of suicide) of the Indian Penal Code.
Pushkar was found dead in her hotel room on January 17, 2014, in New Delhi under mysterious circumstances.
The next hearing in the case is on May 24 when Mr. Tharoor will be expected to be present in the Court.
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Judiciary
Oct 13, 2021
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Delhi HC Dismisses Petition Challenging Asthana’s Appointment As Delhi Police Commissioner
Judiciary
Oct 12, 2021
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The Delhi High Court dismissed a petition which challenged the appointment of IPS Officer Rakesh Asthana as the Commissioner of Delhi Police.The petition filed by Sadre Alam was dismissed by a division bench comprising of Chief Justice DN Patel and Justice Jyoti Singh. The NGO 'Centre for Public Interest Litigation' had intervened in the petition through Advocate Prashant Bhushan challenging Asthana's appointment.CPIL had moved the SC, wherein the SC had told them to move to the Delhi HC where...
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