The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed a lower court order to conduct brain mapping on Rahul Mahajan in the drug abuse case.
Justice B D Ahmad observed that the petitioner may be allowed a reprieve in view of arguments by his counsel Ankur Chawla.
Rahul, son of slain Bharatiya Janata Party leader Pramod Mahajan, on Tuesday moved the high court against a trial court order allowing the Delhi polices plea for conducting a brain mapping test on him in the drug abuse case.
Rahul said the lower court order was an attack on his personal liberty and privacy.
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New Delhi : Rahul Mahajan, son of late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan, was arrested here today under the Narcotics Act, police sources said.
Rahul has been booked under the Narcotics and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS) Act on the charge of sale and purchase, consumption and sources of drug, they said.
We have sufficient evidence and that is why we have arrested Rahul Mahajan, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Delhi Police Manish Agrawal told reporters outside Apollo Hospital.
We are seeking the opinion of doctors to have Rahul discharged. Prima facie charges against him are drug consumption, destruction of evidence and use
New Delhi : The Supreme Court on Thursday stayed the Gujarat high court order directing authorities to remove all religious structures that were encroaching upon public spaces across the state without any discrimination.
The order to this effect was passed by a Bench comprising Justice Ruma Pal and Justice Dalveer Bhandari on an urgent plea made by the Centre during the mentioning hour seeking to stay the May 2 high court directions.
Quoting Home Ministry report, he said situation in Vadodara was tense after the violence and army had staged a flag march in the riot-affected areas.
In the wee hours of Friday morning Pramod Mahajans secretary Vivek Maitra and son Rahul Mahajan were brought to Delhis Apollo Hospital virtually dead.
Foul play is suspected, but it is not a certainty. Pramod Mahajans other man Friday Harish rushed the two to the hospital.
Cops are also looking into the possibility of a drug overdose. Cocaine is supected. Rahul was known for a flashy lifestyle and had an image of being a playboy.
The desperate measures of the medics ensured that Rahul was brought back to life and is now stable, while no amount of resuscitation measures could help
Delhi Police today said Sahil Zaroo, the Kashmiri youth arrested in connection with Thursdays late night party at late BJP leader Pramod Mahajans house here, had got the drug for the late politicians son Rahul and Secretary Vivek Moitra.
Additional DCP Manish Aggarwal told reporters here that the interrogation of Sahil was at a very preliminary stage. He was very much there and he had got the drugs for them. That is what he has disclosed, Aggarwal said.
However, he said, police could not take the statement of Rahul as he was declared unfit by the Apollo Hospital where he
New Delhi : Acting on the complaint of a minor girl that R K Puram Police refused to register a case against her neighbour, who allegedly raped and forcibly married her, the Delhi High Court has directed the government to produce before it the accused, Rahul.
In a letter to the Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court, the victim claimed that she was compelled to complain directly to the court as police refused to register any case against the accused despite repeated pleas by her family.
According to the victim, she was initially raped at knife-point in August 2003