According to a proposal, the premier investigation agency should be stripped of the power to recommend penalties for those accused of small-scale graft.
Shrikant Pangarkar, a former member of the Jalna Municipal Corporation, has been taken into custody by the CBI.
Aurangabad: A former Shiv Sena corporator has been...
With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
A welcome move, in consonance with the law. Quantum of punishment is to be decided / awarded by the competent disciplinary authority, after the enquiry has been completed. The conclusions / findings of the enquiring authority, after a detailed examination of the facts of the case, have a direct bearing on the nature of the penalty to be imposed. 2. As an agency tasked with criminal investigation and prosecution of public servants, the CBI is competent to make a determination whether a trial is merited. If that bar is not crossed but it does not find the public servant completely innocent, its duty extends to recommending that a conventional departmental enquiry be initiated. Even that recommendation is not binding. There is no question of its recommending the nature of penalty even before the enquiry is initiated, which might not find the officer guilty.
A welcome move, in consonance with the law. Quantum of punishment is to be decided / awarded by the competent disciplinary authority, after the enquiry has been completed. The conclusions / findings of the enquiring authority, after a detailed examination of the facts of the case, have a direct bearing on the nature of the penalty to be imposed. 2. As an agency tasked with criminal investigation and prosecution of public servants, the CBI is competent to make a determination whether a trial is merited. If that bar is not crossed but it does not find the public servant completely innocent, its duty extends to recommending that a conventional departmental enquiry be initiated. Even that recommendation is not binding. There is no question of its recommending the nature of penalty even before the enquiry is initiated, which might not find the officer guilty.