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Sohrabuddin encounter case: Ex-IPS officer DG Vanzara gave contract to kill Haren Pandya, witness tells trial court
• 6 years agoA witness in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh alleged fake encounter case told a trial court in Mumbai on Saturday that Shaikh had killed former Gujarat home minister Haren Pandya.
Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case: Arrests, acquittals, hostile witnesses and media gags; all-winding twists and turns
Fp Staff • 7 years agoThe Bombay High Court upholding the discharge of DG Vanzara and others in the case is just the latest twist in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh fake encounter case.
Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case: Won't oppose Rajkumar Pandian's discharge, CBI tells Bombay HC
• 7 years agoThe Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it would not oppose the discharge granted to IPS officer Rajkumar Pandian, a former accused in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh "fake" encounter case, by the trial court.
Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case: New judge to take up hearing on 22 March
• 7 years agoSohrabuddin, an alleged gangster who the police said had terror connections, and his wife Kausar Bi were allegedly abducted and killed by a team of Gujarat and Rajasthan police in December 2005.
Sohrabuddin Sheikh encounter case: With most witnesses retracting statements, 35 of 53 have been declared hostile
Fp Staff • 7 years agoWith two more witnesses denying parts of their earlier statements recorded 13 years ago, 35 of 53 witnesses called so far have been declared hostile in the trial on the alleged fake encounter of Sohrabuddin Sheikh
Mumbai lawyers body writes to acting CJ in Bombay HC, urges her to take measures in reassignment of Sohrabuddin case
• 7 years agoA city-based lawyers' body has written to the Acting Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court, asking her to take urgent "remedial measures" in view of the reassignment of the Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case.
Sohrabuddin Shaikh encounter case: New single-judge Bombay High Court bench to hear trial from next week
• 7 years agoA batch of petitions challenging discharge ofsenior IPS officers in fake encounter case of Sohrabuddin Shaikh has been assigned to a new single-judge bench
Judge Loya death: Rahul Gandhi's petition to President undermines Supreme Court, is baffling on many counts
Sanjay • 7 years agoIt is clear that Congress president Rahul Gandhi wants to keep the political pot boiling over the judge Loya case, even after his son's statement to the media.
Sohrabuddin Shaikh trial: Bombay HC judgment lifting ban on reporting of case comes as big relief to media
Sauravdatta • 7 years agoThe judgment by Bombay High Court’s Justice Revati Mohite Dere lifting the ban on media reporting of the Sohrabuddin Shaikh trial comes as a big relief.
Sohrabuddin Shaikh case: Plea by lawyers' body in Bombay HC questions CBI decision not to challenge Amit Shah's discharge
• 7 years agoA city-based lawyers' association on Friday filed a public interest litigation in the Bombay High Court against the CBI decision not to challenge a lower court order discharging BJP president Amit Shah in the Sohrabuddin Shaikh fake encounter case.