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Mehul Choksi, an accused in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam, has been directed by the Delhi High Court to deposit Rs 2 lakh before proceeding with his appeal challenging the dismissal of his plea to pre-screen the Bad Boy Billionaires docuseries on Netflix.

The high court noted that Choksi is neither an Indian citizen nor a resident of India, and there are several proceedings pending against him in the country

Congress Leader Rahul Gandhi has shown arrogance rather than than be apologetic over his All Thieves have Modi surname remark, the complainant in the defamation case told the Supreme Court on Monday

In his reply filed in the Supreme Court in the Rahul Gandhi defamation case, complainant BJP legislator Purnesh Modi has said that the former Congress president displayed "arrogance" and his plea "deserves to be dismissed with ...

The Court said that Mehul Choksi is neither a resident nor a citizen of India and therefore there would be no method of recovering costs from him.

The reply document stated that subsequent to his conviction, the Congress leader, in a press conference, said that he would never apologise "as he was not a Savarkar but a Gandhi".

Purnesh Modi has said that the former Congress president displayed "arrogance" and his plea "deserves to be dismissed with exemplary costs".

Industries Minister Uday Samant has announced an inquiry to determine if fugitive Nirav Modi is one of the landowners at a proposed industrial site in Maharashtra. BJP MLC Ram Shinde raised concerns about the ownership of the land, suggesting that people like Nirav Modi may have acquired it at cheaper rates and now want to sell it to the government at higher prices. NCP MLA Rohit Pawar had previously staged a sit-in demanding an industrial estate in his constituency. | Mumbai news

Maharashtra BJP MLC, Ram Shinde, has claimed that investors are buying land at "throwaway prices" from farmers in the Ahmednagar district, where a Maharashtra Industrial Development Corporation (MIDC) is proposed to be set up. Shinde named one "Nirav Deepak Modi" as one of the buyers of the land and questioned whether the MIDC was being established for investors, farmers or the unemployed.

NCP MLA Rohit Pawar wants an MIDC to be set up in his constituency Karjat-Jamkhed in Ahmednagar.