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Just Like That | Notes on India as a self-conscious civilisation
The idea that India was a collation of random diversities before British rule is colonial deceit. And a sidebar on my Bhubaneswar trip to launch a new book.
Published on Apr 01, 2023 05:29 PM IST
Laxmi Vilas disinvestment case: Arun Shourie appears before CBI court, denies wrongdoing
The Rajasthan high court has already dismissed the allegation of undervaluation of the disinvestment
Published on Oct 14, 2020 04:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jodhpur | Dinesh Bothra
Court stays arrest of ex-minister Arun Shourie in hotel sale case
The case centres on the sale of the Laxmi Vilas Palace Hotel in Udaipur, earlier run by the Indian Tourism Development Corporation, to Bharat Hotels Limited in 2002.
Updated on Sep 23, 2020 07:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jodhpur | Dinesh Bothra
Court stays arrest of 3 accused in Rajasthan Palace Hotel Sale
Last week, the trial court ordered the registration of an FIR against former union disinvestment minister Arun Shourie, then department’s secretary Pradip Baijal, Lazard India Ltd managing director Ashish Guha, valuer Kantilal Karamsey and Bharat Hotels director Jyotsana Suri for the sale of the hotel.
Updated on Sep 22, 2020 09:15 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jodhpur | HT Correspondent
Prashant Bhushan files response in 2009 case
In his 2009 interview, Prashant Bhushan claimed half of the past 16 CJIs were corrupt.
Updated on Aug 17, 2020 01:12 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
SC allows Prashant Bhushan, Arun Shourie, N Ram to withdraw plea on contempt law
Senior counsel Rajeev Dhavan, who represented the petitioners, sought the permission of the court to withdraw the petition citing pendency of similar cases against Prashant Bhushan before the top court.
Updated on Aug 13, 2020 03:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Murali Krishnan | Edited by Sparshita Saxena
Top court order on Rafale deal review petitions today
The petitions have sought a re-examination of the December 2018 verdict, which found that due process had been followed in the purchase of 36 Rafale fighter jets.
Updated on Nov 14, 2019 04:42 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
‘Grave injustice’: Arun Shourie on clean chit to Chief Justice by SC panel
Arun Shourie said said that because of the infirmities in the whole procedure of dealing with the allegations, doubts will always linger that the three members of the committee were shielding the CJI which will corrode the credibility.
Updated on May 09, 2019 01:26 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
SC rejects Centre’s objection on leaked Rafale papers, opposition moves in
“I thank Supreme Court… Justice has been done”, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi said soon after filing his nomination form for the Amethi seat in Uttar Pradesh.
Updated on Apr 10, 2019 03:54 PM IST
New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Supreme Court to hear petition to review Rafale verdict today
The hearing follows a controversy after attorney general KK Venugopal told the top court that the petitioners used stolen documents in their review petitions and “should not be relied on”.
Published on Mar 14, 2019 09:24 AM IST
Hindustan Times | HT Correspondent
Rafale documents not stolen, petitioners used photocopies: Attorney General
Attorney General K K Venugopal claimed the Rafale documents were not stolen from the defence ministry. What he meant in his SC submission was that petitioners used “photocopies of the original” papers, deemed secret by the government.
Updated on Mar 08, 2019 10:24 PM IST
New Delhi | Agencies
Supreme Court to hear review pleas on Rafale in open court
SC agreed to hear in open court petitions seeking a review of its December 14 verdict that dismissed public interest petitions questioning the 2016 deal India signed with France to procure 36 Rafale fighter jets and seeking a court-monitored investigation of the purchase.
Updated on Feb 26, 2019 11:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Mamata says Opposition’s January 19 rally will sound death knell for BJP
The latest to confirm attendance were the former BJP troika of Arun Shourie, Yashwant Sinha and Shatrughan Sinha, all of who are staunchly opposed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led BJP.
Updated on Jan 17, 2019 07:42 PM IST
Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie move SC seeking review of December 14 Rafale verdict
In their review plea, they alleged that the judgment “relied upon patently incorrect claims made by the government in an unsigned note given in a sealed cover” to the apex court.
Updated on Jan 02, 2019 01:38 PM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Yashwant Sinha, Arun Shourie, Prashant Bhushan move SC seeking FIR in Rafale deal
Yashwant Sinha and Arun Shourie and activist-lawyer Prashant Bhushan moved the Supreme Court seeking registration of an FIR into the Rafale fighter jet deal between India and France alleging “criminal misconduct” by high public functionaries.
Updated on Oct 24, 2018 10:55 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Govt ‘unhappy’ with CBI director meeting Arun Shourie, Prashant Bhushan
Last week, Shourie and Bhushan had met the CBI Director, submitted documents and demanded a probe into alleged corruption in the Rafale aircraft deal and offset contract.
Updated on Oct 10, 2018 08:53 AM IST
New Delhi | Press Trust of India
Another attempt to tarnish govt’s image, says Arun Jaitley on Rafale allegations
Two former BJP leaders Arun Shourie and Yashwant Sinha, along with advocate Prashant Bhushan, said the government needed to explain how the deal with France was concluded.
Updated on Aug 09, 2018 06:14 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Malavika’s Mumbaistan: Memoirs are made of this
“The love that the people of Uganda have showered upon our family is a testament to the goodwill that the Mehta family enjoys in Uganda,” said industrialist, movie mogul and part owner of the KKR franchise, Jay Mehta, this week in Kampala, on the occasion of the release of his father Mahendra M Mehta’s memoirs by the country’s President Yoweri Museveni.
Updated on May 17, 2018 12:37 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Malavika Sangghvi, Mumbai
Present situation in Supreme Court disastrous: Former Chief Justice RM Lodha
Justice RM Lodha also says it is for the Supreme Court Chief Justice to take the institution forward by showing “statesmanship qualities”.
Updated on May 02, 2018 01:03 PM IST
New Delhi, Hindustan Times | Ashok Bagriya
Mamata calls on Sonia Gandhi, meets Arun Shourie, Yashwant Sinha, Shatrughan
During the meeting, Mamata Banerjee and Sonia Gandhi are understood to have discussed the present political scenario and the strategy to defeat the BJP in the next general elections and in various state elections due this year.
Updated on Mar 29, 2018 12:01 AM IST
New Delhi | Agencies