Close X
Sunday, November 24, 2024
ADVT 
India

Shahrukh Khan Asked To File Affidavit In Case Against Delhi's IIPM

Darpan News Desk IANS, 06 Sep, 2019 08:29 PM

    The Calcutta High Court on Thursday directed Bollywood superstar Shahrukh Khan to file an affidavit explaining his relation with the Indian Institute of Planning and Management (IIPM), against which a CBI probe has been sought for misleading and duping students.


    Justice Debangshu Basak directed Shahrukh Khan -- who has appeared in some IIPM advertisements, his firm Red Chillies Entertainment and the institute's promoter Arindam Chaudhuri to file individual affidavits.


    The affidavits will have to be filed before the court within two weeks after the Durga Puja vacation.


    Petitioner students claimed before the high court that they had been impressed by Shahrukh Khan's advertisements promoting the IIPM in taking admission to its courses.


    Their lawyer Dipanjan Datta claimed before Justice Basak that Shahrukh Khan was a brand ambassador for the institute.


    The claim was denied by Shahrukh Khan's lawyer, who told the court that he had merely appeared in some advertisements for the institute.


    Justice Basak then directed Shahrukh Khan to submit an affidavit stating his relation with the organisation.


    The West Bengal government was also directed to file an affidavit before the court explaining why a probe into the allegations against the IIPM should not be handed over to the CBI from the state police.


    The petitioners' lawyer said some students had filed a criminal case against the IIPM in 2018 at New Town police station here after the University Grants Commission (UGC) said the organisation is not affiliated to it and the Delhi High Court declared it to be a fake institute.


    But since the police failed to initiate any proceeding against the IIPM and filed a closure report on the investigation, they moved the high court, Datta said.

    Claiming that the IIPM had branches in various states of the country and abroad, the petitioners prayed for a CBI investigation before the court.

    MORE India ARTICLES

    Woman Who Achieved Viral Fame For Her Singing Lata Mangeshkar Song Now Gets A Makeover

    Photographs doing the rounds on Internet show Ranu at a salon and getting a makeover.

    Woman Who Achieved Viral Fame For Her Singing Lata Mangeshkar Song Now Gets A Makeover

    9-Yr-Old Girl Who Cried Over Trees Being Cut Down Is Now Manipur Green Ambassador

    The Manipur government has appointed a nine-year-old as the brand ambassador for the Chief Minister’s Green Manipur Mission

    9-Yr-Old Girl Who Cried Over Trees Being Cut Down Is Now Manipur Green Ambassador

    Rahul Gandhi Outsmarts Coterie To Propel Youth Leadership

    Rahul Gandhi Outsmarts Coterie To Propel Youth Leadership
    In a brilliant manoeuvre, Rahul Gandhi enlarged the scope of how his successor would be chosen by bringing in a multitude of leaders into the meeting that will pick the next Congress president.

    Rahul Gandhi Outsmarts Coterie To Propel Youth Leadership

    Lucknow Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Honey Singh

    A non-bailable warrant has been issued against singer Yo Yo Honey Singh by a local court in a seven-year-old case lodged by IPS officer Amitabh Thakur.

    Lucknow Court Issues Non-Bailable Warrant Against Honey Singh

    My Upbringing Does Not Allow Me To Take A Life: Modi

    A video, giving a sneak peek of the episode, was released on Friday.

    My Upbringing Does Not Allow Me To Take A Life: Modi

    'Jab Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya': Rajasthan Police Message To Lovers; To Love Is Not A Crime

    After Rajasthan passed a bill prohibiting honour killing in the state, the Rajasthan Police has come out in support of people in love.

    'Jab Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya': Rajasthan Police Message To Lovers; To Love Is Not A Crime