The Allahabad High Court held that an advocate’s bank account cannot be fully frozen merely because it receives client funds or shows suspicious transactions. The Court ruled that professional fees paid to a lawyer cannot be treated as “proceeds of crime.”
Police in Madhya Pradesh’s Narmadapuram registered an FIR against two unidentified persons for allegedly issuing death threats and making communal remarks against ADJ Tabassum Khan. The threats followed her judgment sentencing 14 men to life imprisonment in a mob lynching case linked to alleged cattle smuggling.
A Pune court sentenced a 65-year-old man to death for the rape and murder of a three-year-old girl in Nasrapur village, calling it a crime that “shocks even the conscience of society.” The court held the case fell within the “rarest of rare” category after convicting him of kidnapping, molestation, rape, and murder.
The Calcutta High Court declined an urgent hearing on the Trinamool Congress’s plea challenging the freezing of its bank accounts after authorities imposed a debit freeze on three accounts. The action followed complaints by rebel MLAs seeking an investigation into the source of funds deposited in the party’s accounts.
The Ketan Agarwal murder case has taken a dramatic turn as Advocate Ashutosh Srivastava, claiming to represent accused Siya Goyal, served a Rs.10 crore defamation notice to her brother Sahil Goyal over alleged defamatory remarks. The dispute follows Ketan Agarwal’s death after falling into a gorge at Lohagad Fort near Pune on June 18.
