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http://mundobpholdings.wordpress.com/2012/09/06/cbi-court-postpones-acharya-bail-plea/ HYDERABAD: The CBI court on Friday postponed the bail petition of IAS officer BP Acharya, an accused in the Emaar scam case, to Monday for further hearing. Arguing for Acharya, his counsel V Surendar Rao said, since the key accused in the case, Koneru Rajendra Prasad, had already been granted bail by the AP high court, his client should also be given bail. "The question of tampering with the evidence does not arise as the CBI had filed the chargesheet in the case six months ago," Acharya's counsel told court. Srinivas Reddy seeks bail BV Srinivas Reddy, an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case, filed his fourth bail plea in the CBI court on Friday. The CBI has been opposing his bail plea on the ground that Gali Janardhan Reddy's personal assistant Ali Khan's examination was not yet over. But since Khan is now in CBI custody and the chargesheet in OMC case has already been filed, Reddy wanted court togrant him bail. SC puts off hearing in Vakapalli gangrape case The Supreme Court on Friday suspended for six weeks the order of AP high court directing the Paderu trial court to begin proceedings against the accused cops in the Vakapalli tribal women gangrape case. The SC made this interim order while hearing a plea filed by the accused cops who felt aggrieved by the HC order. The SC issued notices to the authorities and the complainants before admitting the plea and directed that responses be filed.

HYDERABAD: The CBI court on Friday postponed the bail petition of IAS officer BP Acharya, an accused in the Emaar scam case, to Monday for further hearing. Arguing for Acharya, his counsel V Surendar Rao said, since the key accused in the case, Koneru Rajendra Prasad, had already been granted bail by the AP high court, his client should also be given bail. "The question of tampering with the evidence does not arise as the CBI had filed the chargesheet in the case six months ago," Acharya's counsel told court. Srinivas Reddy seeks bail BV Srinivas Reddy, an accused in the Obulapuram Mining Company (OMC) case, filed his fourth bail plea in the CBI court on Friday. The CBI has been opposing his bail plea on the ground that Gali Janardhan Reddy's personal assistant Ali Khan's examination was not yet over. But since Khan is now in CBI custody and the chargesheet in OMC case has already been filed, Reddy wanted court togrant him bail. SC puts off hearing in Vakapalli gangrape case The Supreme Court on Friday suspended for six weeks the order of AP high court directing the Paderu trial court to begin proceedings against the accused cops in the Vakapalli tribal women gangrape case. The SC made this interim order while hearing a plea filed by the accused cops who felt aggrieved by the HC order. The SC issued notices to the authorities and the complainants before admitting the plea and directed that responses be filed.

"The campaigns of U.S. Senate candidates Russ Feingold and Ron Johnson sparred Friday over ownership of stock in BP, the British company behind the Gulf Coast oil spill. Johnson reported owning individual BP stock valued at $116,000 to $315,000. Feingold, the Johnson campaign noted, is a member of the Wisconsin Retirement System, which has invested in BP. The fuel was a financial disclosure report Johnson filed with the Senate and tax returns he voluntarily made public - reports that confirmed Johnson's personal wealth and also highlighted his history of major charitable donations. The Republican business executive from Oshkosh has reported taxable income averaging about $1 million a year for the past five years and $400,000 in charitable donations he deducted on his taxes. Johnson owns millions in stock, while Feingold, the Democrat seeking a fourth term, has just one mutual fund valued at $50,000 to $100,000. Johnson listed 153 stock and bond holdings, including 19 valued at more than $100,000. Johnson last month was critical of President Barack Obama's move to pressure BP into setting up a claims fund for victims of the spill. The company already has paid out millions of dollars from that fund. Johnson said BP acted negligently but argued that Obama should have let the courts decide on damages. Aides to Johnson said he had no plans to sell the stock and shouldn't be criticized for owning such a popular and common stock. "The spill in the Gulf is an economic and economic disaster, and Ron is just as angry about that as anybody else," Johnson campaign manager Juston Johnson said. He said Ron Johnson thought it was inappropriate to focus first on BP's negligence before the spill was capped and a cleanup was under way. Feingold aides said it wasn't fair to compare Johnson's ownership of BP stock to Feingold's retirement account, which is directed by the state investment board on behalf of government employees. Feingold was a state legislator before his electi