The Supreme Court of India on Wednesday refused to form a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the allegations levelled by American short-seller Hindenburg against the Adani Group. It, however, asked SEBI to complete its probe into the pending two cases against the Gautam Adani-led conglomerate within three months. A bench, headed by CJI DY Chandrachud, said the court cannot regulate the market regulator's power of investigation and that it had completed its probe in 22 out of 24 cases linked to Hindenburg's allegations. Dig deeper
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The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Wednesday took a sharp dig at Delhi chief minister and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Arvind Kejriwal for not appearing before the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and skipping the summons for the third time saying that he is absconding like a criminal as there is something to hide. Party's national spokesperson, Shehzad Poonawalla dubbed him as a criminal and said that Kejriwal is playing the victim card despite the courts establishing that there is a money trail. Dig deeper
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