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1. Adanis set to settle US fraud case with $18m payment

Adanis set to settle US fraud case with $18m payment NEW DELHI: Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew, Sagar, executive director of Adani Green, are set to settle a civil fraud case in the

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Adanis set to settle US fraud case with $18m payment NEW DELHI: Adani Group chairman Gautam Adani and his nephew, Sagar, executive director of Adani Green, are set to settle a civil fraud case in the US by paying combined penalties of $18 million. Gautam Adani will pay a penalty of $6 million, and Sagar $12 million, to end the lawsuit filed by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), as per court papers. In Nov 2024, SEC and the US department of justice (DoJ) alleged that the Adanis orchestrated a bribery scheme involving govt officials to secure solar power contracts, which were concealed from US investors and lenders while raising capital. DoJ is separately moving to drop fraud charges against Gautam Adani, Bloomberg reported earlier. The department’s actions are being closely watched. The move will pave the way for the ports-to-energy conglomerate to return to the international markets to fund its massive expansion plans. Adani Group is reviving plans to seek about $1 billion through a US-listed dollar-denominated bond, Bloomberg said in a report on Friday.

2. No bail relief for Darshan, SC asks Karnataka to examine 60 key witnesses in 1 year

No bail relief for Darshan, SC asks Karnataka to examine 60 key witnesses in 1 year NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday said Kannada film actor Darshan, an accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, is at li

No bail relief for Darshan, SC asks Karnataka to examine 60 key witnesses in 1 year

No bail relief for Darshan, SC asks Karnataka to examine 60 key witnesses in 1 year NEW DELHI: Supreme Court Friday said Kannada film actor Darshan, an accused in the Renukaswamy murder case, is at liberty to approach the court for bail if there was no substantial progress in the trial in the next one year. A bench comprising Justices JB Pardiwala and Vijay Bishnoi asked the Karnataka govt to ensure 60 witnesses were examined in one year. The court said the trial court could hear the case without adjournments on flimsy grounds. On Aug 14, 2025, Supreme Court cancelled bail to Darshan and other accused, granted by Karnataka high court on Dec 13, 2024, warning against granting five-star treatment to undertrial prisoners. In his bail petition, Darshan had complained he was denied basic amenities. With only 10 of 272 witnesses examined till now, he said he had to remain in jail for long, which violated Article 21 of the Constitution. Darshan claimed he was not allowed to receive or buy food, clothing and bedding from private sources as permitted under Karnataka Prison Act, 1963. After Supreme Court sought a report from the state on May 4 this year, senior advocate Siddharth Luthra, appearing for Karnataka, submitted that Darshan was provided all amenities due to an undertrial prisoner.

3. SC quashes Sengar’s bail, asks HC for fresh hearing

SC quashes Sengar’s bail, asks HC for fresh hearing NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday set aside Delhi high court order which suspended the jail sentence and granted bail to former BJP MLA Kuldip Sing

SC quashes Sengar’s bail, asks HC for fresh hearing

SC quashes Sengar’s bail, asks HC for fresh hearing NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday set aside Delhi high court order which suspended the jail sentence and granted bail to former BJP MLA Kuldip Singh Sengar, convicted of raping an alleged minor in Unnao in Uttar Pradesh, and asked HC to hear the politician’s bail plea afresh during pendency of his appeal against conviction. Sengar’s counsel, senior advocate N Hariharan, told a bench of CJI Surya Kant and Justice Joymalya Bagchi that his client had already spent 10 years behind bars and that multiple medical reports had estimated the age of the alleged rape survivor to be over 18 years to repudiate the prosecution’s claim that she was a minor. Solicitor general Tushar Mehta, appearing for CBI which has appealed against grant of bail by high court, said the MLA was a public servant and was in a “dominant position” to be rightly convicted by the trial court for aggravated form of sexual assault under Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act. He said since the sentence was till the end of his biological life, HC could not have suspended the sentence. The bench said since both Hariharan and Mehta were arguing that HC did not consider certain aspects of the case against Sengar prior to suspending the sentence, it would be better if HC heard arguments afresh from the accused and the prosecution before taking a decision on the plea for suspension of sentence during pendency of his appeal against conviction. The SC, which had stayed HC’s Dec 23 order on Dec 29 last year, clarified that HC should decide the plea for bail without being influenced by any order of the SC in this case. It said HC would endeavour to decide the bail plea prior to the summer vacation.

4. CBI arrests retired professor on NTA panel that set NEET paper

CBI arrests retired professor on NTA panel that set NEET paper NEW DELHI/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: CBI on Fr-iday said it had arrested a retired chemistry professor, who it identified as a key accuse

CBI arrests retired professor on NTA panel that set NEET paper

CBI arrests retired professor on NTA panel that set NEET paper NEW DELHI/CHHATRAPATI SAMBHAJINAGAR: CBI on Fr-iday said it had arrested a retired chemistry professor, who it identified as a key accused in the NEET-UG 2026 paper leak case, in Latur. PV Kulkarni, who spent over three decades in academia, was associated with National Testing Agency (NTA) as part of the panel that set the question paper. TOI had reported on Friday that CBI was looking at people who had prepared the questions. Officials claimed Kulkarni first attempted to sell the paper locally but turned to a wider network after failing to convince buyers of its authenticity. “In the last week of April, Kulkarni mobilised st-udents, with the help of another accused named Manisha Waghmare, and conducted special coaching classes for them at his residence in Pune,” a CBI spokesperson said. Kulkarni allegedly dictated the questions, along with the options and the correct answers, during these special classes. “The questions were handwritten by students in their notebooks and have tallied exactly with the actual question paper of the exam held on May 3,” CBI added. The agency is now examining more people associated with setting questions, CBI sources said. This leak is different from ones encountered previously. Probes into earlier leaks had detected people outside the core chain of access who were part of an organised gang and breached exam integrity at later stages, like distribution of papers at exam centres.

5. 'No order without hearing us': Hindu party files caveat in SC after HC Bhojshala verdict

'No order without hearing us': Hindu party files caveat in SC after HC Bhojshala verdict NEW DELHI: Two caveat pleas were moved in the Supreme Court on Friday, hours after the Madhya Pradesh high cour

'No order without hearing us': Hindu party files caveat in SC after HC Bhojshala verdict

'No order without hearing us': Hindu party files caveat in SC after HC Bhojshala verdict NEW DELHI: Two caveat pleas were moved in the Supreme Court on Friday, hours after the Madhya Pradesh high court declared the disputed Bhojshala-Kamal Maula complex in Dhar as a temple of Goddess Vagdevi (Saraswati). The plea was filed anticipating a possible challenge to the verdict by the Muslim side. A caveat plea is generally filed as a precautionary legal notice by anyone who anticipates that someone else may move court against them. It acts as a legal safeguard, ensuring that the court hears the caveator before passing any order or granting relief in the matter. The first caveat petition was filed by Hindu-side litigant Jitendra Singh Vishen, who is also a petitioner before the Madhya Pradesh high court in the Bhojshala dispute. The plea sought a direction that no order be passed by the apex court without hearing him if the verdict is challenged. Subsequently, another caveat plea was filed by the main Hindu-side petitioner through advocate Vishnu Shankar Jain, seeking similar protection before any proceedings are undertaken in the Supreme Court. The caveat petitions came shortly after the Indore bench of the Madhya Pradesh high court held that the religious character of the disputed monument was that of Bhojshala, a temple dedicated to Goddess Saraswati.

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