No provision for ‘digital arrest’ worldwide; report cybercrimes at earliest: Experts, ET LegalWorld
Posing as CBI and RBI officials, suspected cybercriminals recently put a retired banker and his wife under “digital arrest” for five days in Uttar Pradesh’s Meerut district and convinced the elderly couple to transfer more than Rs 1 crore to them. A senior doctor from Lucknow’s SGPGIMS lost Rs 2.81 crore under a similar ruse […]
Every arrest and detention doesn’t amount to custodial torture: Allahabad HC, ET LegalWorld
The Allahabad High Court has ruled that every arrest and detention does not amount to custodial torture. A bench of Justice Mahesh Chandra Tripathi was hearing a plea seeking direction to register an FIR against two police officials for committing custodial torture on the petitioner by confining him in police custody without any rhyme or […]
Bangladesh court issues arrest warrant for ex-leader Hasina, ET LegalWorld
A Bangladeshi court on Thursday issued an arrest warrant for exiled ex-leader Sheikh Hasina, who fled to India in August after she was toppled from power by a student-led revolution. Prosecutor Mohammad Tajul Islam called it a “remarkable day”, while a relative of one of the hundreds who died in the uprising against her autocratic […]
Rising threat of ‘Digital Arrest’ exploiting deepfake sparks concern among law enforcement, ET LegalWorld
There has been a surprising rise in ‘digital arrests’ scams, which has been flagged by the security agencies and law enforcement bodies. These scams involve cyber fraudsters posing as law enforcement officials, convincing victims that they are under investigation or have committed a crime. “Deepfake as an outcome of Artificial Intelligence (AI), enables the manipulation […]
HC dismisses plea of Cong MLA’s son against ED arrest, Legal News, ET LegalWorld
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has dismissed a petition seeking quashing of criminal proceedings and arrest of a Haryana Congress MLA’s son by the ED, citing 10 judicial pronouncements made by the Supreme Court on these issues. The Court of Judge Mahabir Singh Sindhu in Chandigarh on August 27 held that prima facie, the […]
SC issues notice on CBI’s plea against Bombay HC order declaring Kochhar couple arrest illegal, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice on an appeal filed by CBI challenging a Bombay High Court order declaring the arrest of former ICICI Bank CEO-cum-MD Chanda Kochhar and her husband Deepak Kochhar as “illegal” in the alleged Videocon loan fraud case. A bench of Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Sanjay Kumar sought response from […]
SC reserves verdict on Kejriwal’s plea challenging CBI arrest, seeking bail, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s plea challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and seeking bail in the corruption case linked to the alleged liquor policy scam. A bench of Justices Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan reserved its decision after hearing the […]
Former RG Kar principal Sandip Ghosh files petition in Supreme Court over his arrest by CBI, ET LegalWorld
Former Principal of RG Kar Medical College, Sandip Ghosh, on Wednesday filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging his arrest by the CBI over alleged corruption and financial misconduct at the hospital. His plea has been listed on September 6 before a bench led by Chief Justice of India, DY Chandrachud. The Anti-Corruption Branch […]
SC to Thursday hear CM Kejriwal’s plea seeking bail, challenging CBI arrest, ET LegalWorld
The Supreme Court is slated to hear, on Thursday, the pleas filed by Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal seeking bail and challenging his arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in connection with the alleged liquor policy scam. As per the causelist published on the website of the apex court, a bench of Justices […]