Framed for murder, UP man studies law, fights own case & gets acquitted | Meerut News

MEERUT: Twelve years ago, at the tender age of 18, Amit Chaudhary found himself entangled in a crime he didn’t commit. Framed for the murder of two constables in UP’s Meerut and wrongly accused of being a gangster, Chaudhary’s life suddenly plunged into a dark abyss.As the deceased were police personnel, the crime attracted the attention of then UP CM Mayawati, who ordered the immediate arrest of the culprits. Despite being in Shamli with his sister at the time of the incident, Chaudhary became one of 17 accused in the case , facing stringent charges under IPC and NSA.Accused of…

Mark Meadows’s Lawyer Pressed on Bid to Move Georgia Election Case to Federal Court

A lawyer for Mark Meadows, the White House chief of staff under former President Donald J. Trump, faced tough questions from a panel of judges on Friday as Mr. Meadows renewed his bid to move a Georgia election interference case from state court to federal court. The panel of three appeals court judges heard brief oral arguments from a Georgia prosecutor and a lawyer for Mr. Meadows over the jurisdiction of the case, in which Mr. Meadows is accused of working with a group of people to overturn Mr. Trump’s 2020 election loss in the state. The judges asked sharp…

Who is Alina Habba? Defense attorney is Trump’s voice in and out of court

Things weren’t going well for Donald Trump’s lawyers in the former president’s civil fraud trial. Trump had just concluded a day of testimony that he had peppered with caustic attacks on Judge Arthur Engoron, and his attorneys were struggling to seek guidance from the judge about moving for a mistrial based on the conduct of his clerk — a touchy subject that Engoron had barred lawyers from referring in court. “I’m directing you not to make such a motion,” Engoron said flatly. Enter Alina Habba, playing peacemaker. “I’ll be clearer, if I may. I think they are being extremely careful,…

Peter Nygard’s attorney withdraws from case

The lawyer representing former fashion mogul Peter Nygard has withdrawn his representation in both Manitoba and Ontario citing a fundamental breakdown of their relationship. Toronto-based lawyer Brian Greenspan applied to be withdrawn from Nygard’s Winnipeg criminal trial on Friday and the Toronto criminal case on Wednesday. An affidavit filed in the provincial court in Winnipeg by Seth Weinstein – a partner at Greenspan’s law firm – states issues have arisen. “There has been a fundamental breakdown of the solicitor-client relationship which requires him to be removed from the record,” the affidavit reads. The document also noted Greenspan, “would have been…