A Special CBI Court remanded Amitabh Jhunjhunwala, former Group Managing Director of Reliance Communications, to CBI custody until June 5 in an alleged bank loan fraud case. The agency sought custodial interrogation as part of its investigation into a suspected large-scale financial fraud involving Reliance Communications and related group entities.
The CBI arrested former district judge Giribala Singh in the suspicious death case of daughter-in-law Twisha Sharma in Bhopal, while conducting extensive forensic examination using high-intensity 3D imaging technology to reconstruct the alleged incident and examine visibility from neighbouring residential properties surrounding the matrimonial home.
Today, On 25th May, In the excise policy case row, the Delhi High Court adjourned the Central Bureau of Investigation plea against the discharge of Arvind Kejriwal to July 16, with Justice Manoj Jain confirming the next hearing date for all parties.
Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma refused to step aside, calling the recusal plea a strategic move by Arvind Kejriwal to create a “win-win” situation. The court said recusal must be based on law, not narratives, and rejecting it protects judicial independence.
AAP said Arvind Kejriwal will appear before the Delhi High Court today seeking acceptance of his affidavits filed in response to CBI. The party said his response is not taken on record, questioning, “Why are responses not recorded?”
The Central Bureau of Investigation opposed Kejriwal’s recusal request, arguing his logic would disqualify judges from hearing any government-related cases. The agency told the Delhi High Court that such claims are legally unsustainable and could disrupt the judicial system.
Kejriwal told the Delhi High Court that Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma has consistently ruled in favour of ED and CBI, raising serious doubts about a fair hearing. He argued that even a “reasonable apprehension of bias” is enough for recusal, citing past judgments and recent court orders.
The Delhi High Court dismissed Lalu Prasad Yadav’s plea to quash the CBI FIR in the land-for-jobs case, saying the petition had no merit. The Court ruled that prior sanction under Section 17A PC Act was not required as the alleged offences took place before 2018.
The CBI has approached the Supreme Court seeking cancellation of bail granted to two accused in the Manipur violence case involving gangrape and public parading of two women. The Supreme Court has issued notice and also directed immediate legal aid support for the victims.
Former NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede told the Bombay High Court he never demanded or took any bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan to shield Aryan Khan after his arrest in the cruise drugs case last year.
