Sadaf Modak
The Indian Express
Mumbai, MH, India
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Who are the Dawoodi Bohras, and what is the excommunication petition before the Supreme Court?
The long-pending challenge to the practice of excommunication in the Shia sect has been referred to the 9-judge Bench hearing the Sabarimala review petition on essential religious practice. → Read More
PFI wants to bring Islamic rule to India, claims ATS in chargesheet
Cites booklet ‘recovered from residence of prime accused’, anonymous letter, witness statements. → Read More
HC acquits jailed G N Saibaba, says trial void; appeal before SC today
Nagpur bench orders release of ex-DU professor, 5 others held for Naxal links → Read More
Khwaja Yunus custodial death: Sessions court rejects mother’s plea to add four cops as accused
The court also allowed the withdrawal of an application filed by the prosecution to add the four as accused. → Read More
4 years, 16 arrests: The many twist and turns of Elgaar Parishad case
With trial yet to begin, the Supreme Court recently asked the NIA court to expedite framing of charges in 2018 case → Read More
Accused abetted Sushant Singh Rajput to ‘extreme drug addiction’: NCB draft charge
The NCB has submitted its draft proposing to charge the 35 accused under various sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act. → Read More
‘Sad situation for human rights in India…Father Stan Swamy’s resolve inspires us’
Father Frazer Mascarenhas, the former principal of St Xavier's College in Mumbai and the Parish Priest of St Peter's Church, in whose care Swamy was in his last days, in conversation with Sadaf Modak. → Read More
Uddhav Thackeray resigns ahead of floor test, BJP set to return with Sena rebels
Former Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis hopes to be back in power with the help of 39 Shiv Sena rebel MLAs led by Eknath Shinde, independents and legislators of smaller parties. → Read More
Nirav Modi’s brother-in-law stopped at immigration despite court nod to travel
On June 16, a special court had allowed Mehta to travel abroad. On the next day, Mehta was stopped at the airport by an immigration officer, who said that the LOC issued by the CBI was in place and hence he cannot travel. → Read More
Newsmaker | Among first to take up cause of Gujarat riot victims, Teesta is fighting many cases
Teesta was among the first activists to take up the cases of riot victims in Gujarat in 2002, finally leading the Supreme Court to set up a special investigation team to probe the post-Godhra riots, six years later, under former CBI director R K Raghavan. → Read More
Gait analysis explained: How the way you walk can point to your role in crime
A Mumbai court relied upon the report of an analysis of a suspect’s gait in its order in the rape and murder of a Dalit woman in Saki Naka in September 2021. Such an analysis has been carried out earlier in the Sachin Waze-Antilia terror scare and the Gauri Lankesh murder investigations. → Read More
Kiran Gosavi clicked selfie to show friends, pal called him to hear Aryan Khan’s voice: NCB
Aryan Khan and five others were dropped as accused in the chargesheet filed by the SIT last week. Gosavi’s statement is part of the chargesheet submitted to the court. → Read More
Money laundering of Rs 15 cr, including Rs 11 cr taken as rent from Goawala compound tenants for 14 yrs: ED
Last month, the ED had filed a chargesheet against four, including Malik and two companies linked to him – Solidus Investments and Malik Infrastructure. → Read More
How the sedition charge has held up in court in Maharashtra
On Sunday, the charge was invoked against MP Navneet Rana and her MLA husband Ravi Rana by the Mumbai police. → Read More
Youth booked for ‘forging US visa papers’ denied bail: ‘Will tarnish nation’s image’
Sachin Chauhan was booked by the Bandra-Kurla Complex police last year, on the basis of a complaint by an official of the US Consulate → Read More
Aryan Khan bail order out, says ‘no positive evidence to show conspiracy between accused’
On the NCB's claim of WhatsApp chats allegedly recovered from Aryan's phone, the Bombay HC said that "nothing objectionable" was found to prove conspiracy. → Read More
NCB dug raid case: WhatsApp chats not proof enough that accused supplied drugs, says court
NCB cruise ship drugs case: Special Judge V V Patil granted bail to nine accused on Saturday, two days after the Bombay High Court allowed the bail applications of Aryan, Merchant and model Munmun Dhamecha. → Read More
Indrani Mukerjea seeks anticipatory bail in 2017 jail rioting case
Mukerjea’s plea filed by lawyer Sana Raees Khan stated that the chargesheet filed this year against the inmates including her is vague on the allegations against each of the accused. → Read More
In Rhea Chakraborty, Aryan Khan arrests, NCB relies only on WhatsApp chats
In both cases, the NCB detained the two suspects, got access to their mobile phones, and used material stored in the devices, including deleted WhatsApp chats, to arrest them. → Read More
Raid on cruise ship: NCB says probing global link; Aryan’s lawyer calls it ‘absurd’
On Wednesday, 10 days since Aryan was arrested along with his friend Arbaaz Merchant and model Munmum Dhamecha, the special court began hearing arguments on their bail pleas. → Read More