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The chief judicial magistrate of Patna has served summons to the Congress chief with regard to the defamation suit lodged by deputy chief minister Sushil Modi. Modi had moved court against Gandhi’s controversial statement saying ‘all Modis are thieves’

The lawyers of Nirav Modi offered a huge sum as security for his bail. However, the magistrate said that the amount he is accused of swindling is much larger than the surety. Besides, she said, Modi could once again run away.

 

 

A London court has issued an arrest warrant against fugitive diamantaire Nirav Modi, the main accused in the $2 billion PNB scam case, in response to a request by the Enforcement Directorate for his extradition in a money laundering case.

Congress President Rahul Gandhi and CPM leader Sitaram Yechury were summoned by a metropolitan magistrate's court in Mumbai over comments over the murder of Gauri Lankesh.

The Ambalappuzha Judicial first class magistrate court in Kerala has asked LDF minister G Sudhakaran to appear on March 29 for insulting his staff member Usha Sali during a public function. 

 

Yadvinder Singh Bhamba pleaded guilty last month to one count of conspiracy and 15 counts of smuggling aliens to the United States for profit before US Magistrate Judge Sivia Carreno-Coll of the District of Puerto Rico.

On reaching the spot that the district magistrate of Malda had declared unfit for helicopter landing, media found that the strip had no signs of any repair work or upgrade. With the breaking of this story, an embarrassed Mamata Banerjee said BJP president Amit Shah's chopper could land opposite Hotel Golden Park.

District magistrate of Alipurduar Nikhil Nirmal was caught on camera beating a young man black and blue. According to reports, the youth, identified as Vinod Kumar Sarkar, wrote inappropriate comments on the Facebook profile of Nirmal’s wife. 
 

After arrest, Janardhan Reddy was produced before the magistrate at his house in Koramangala, Bengaluru. Magistrate refused bail plea by Reddy's lawyer and remanded him to judicial custody till November 24.
 

Janardhan Reddy is being produced before the magistrate and cops are not sure if he will be handed over to them or to the judicial custody. But Reddy's close aide Ali Khan is not likely to be arrested because he has obtained bail through sessions court.
 

The magistrate can ignore the conclusion arrived at by the investigating officer and independently apply his mind to the facts emerging from the investigation and take cognisance of the case, if he thinks fit, and direct the issue of process to the accused, Justice Muralidharan said.

Rahul Easwar was arrested for protesting against women's entry at Sabarimala in Pamba and Nilakkal.
 

District magistrate Bhawani Singh Khangaraut in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh, said the matter was serious and that the district inspector of school (DIOS) Narendra Dev Pandey was directed to look into it.