Ashwani Kumar

Bhima Koregaon case: SC-monitored SIT probe into activists' arrests demanded for protection from 'oppressive prosecution'

Eminent citizens on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that a court-monitored Special Investigation Team (SIT) should be constituted to look into the entire spectrum of the Bhima Koregaon case.

Congress, BJP welcome SC decision to call for floor test in Karnataka Assembly, saffron part says will 'sail through'

The Supreme Court directed a floor test in the Karnataka Assembly at 4 pm on Saturday. BJP's Karnataka unit asserted it would sail through the floor test, telling those who were doubting them to wait and watch

Karti Chidambaram's arrest 'wholly arbitrary', mocks constitutional conscience, says ex-law minister Ashwani Kumar

Senior Congress leader Ashwani Kumar on Thursday termed the arrest of former finance minister P Chidambaram's son Karti Chidambaram "wholly arbitrary" and accused the CBI of adopting a "persecutorial approach" in the matter.

CBI decision to move court on Bofors an act of malice, says Congress leader Ashwani Kumar

Congress leader and former law minister Ashwani Kumar has alleged that the CBI's decision to move the Supreme Court in the Bofors case was "politically motivated" and a "gross act of malice", and held that the matter will be decided in the "peoples' court".

SC judges' revolt: Congress says 'democracy in danger'; ex-law minister holds Ravi Shankar Prasad responsible

Four senior SC judges mounted a virtual revolt against the Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra on Friday, as they listed a string of problems that they said were afflicting the country's highest court.

Fodder scam verdict: Lalu Prasad Yadav deserves bail, says Congress leader Ashwani Kumar

Senior Congress leader and former law minister Ashwani Kumar said the trial court's verdict against RJD chief Lalu Prasad in a fodder scam case was not the final decision

Congress choreographed 2G spectrum scam chargesheet, court verdict is not a clean chit: BJP

The BJP on Thursday cited a Supreme Court verdict on 2G spectrum to assert corruption in the case.

Aarushi Talwar murder case: Criminal justice system needs a review, says ex-CBI officer

The Allahabad High Court on Thursday acquitted Nupur and Rajesh Talwar in the 2008 murder of their teenage daughter Aarushi and domestic help Hemraj, saying that neither the circumstances nor the evidence was enough to hold them guilty.

Aarushi Talwar murder case: As mystery deepens over who is the real killer, here's a look at key characters

As the court acquitted Rajesh and Nupur Talwar in murder case of Aarushi and Hemraj, question about who is the real culprit in the double murder case has resurfaced again.

Elderly care in India: Centre and state must stop passing the buck, says former minister Ashwani Kumar

Ashwani Kumar, 64, former member of Parliament and former law minister, explained to us why he is fighting a public-interest litigation in the Supreme Court seeking more assistance for the elderly.