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Sunday, March 15, 2026
TopicPrevention of Corruption Act

Topic: Prevention of Corruption Act

Section 17A PC Act is at a constitutional crossroads. 5 recommendations for SC Bench

The Supreme Court must settle who the gatekeeper is, how Centre-state routing will work, and where the limits of ‘official duty’ protection lie.

Caught between a rock & a hard place: Supreme Court’s split verdict on anti-corruption law

Section 17A was inserted into the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 through an amendment in 2018. The matter will now be placed before CJI.

Haryana govt amends SOPs under anti-graft law, blunts teeth of Anti-Corruption Bureau

Move follows the IPS Y Puran Kumar suicide case, and the exit of former DGP Shatrujeet Singh Kapur, whose term was marked by perceived 'overreach' by the Anti-Corruption Bureau.

‘Hotel grab’ linked to Chidambaram kin: Why CBI probe has hit a wall 8 years on

Complainant K Kathirvel had approached CBI alleging that Indian Overseas Bank officials auctioned ‘The Comfort Inn’ at a lesser price & sold it to P Chidambaram's sister-in-law.

CBI books Airports Authority of India manager for Rs 232 cr ’embezzlement’ at Dehradun airport

The accused headed finance & accounts vertical at AAI's Dehradun airport from 2019 to 2023 when the alleged irregularities took place.

What court said while acquitting former coal secretary & joint secretary in Mahuagarhi coal block case

Coal ministry officials HC Gupta & KS Kropha were members of screening committee that cleared JICPL’s application in 2008. A special CBI court held there was no illegality in allocation.

Railway engineers held for ‘bribery’. CBI finds Rs 63 lakh cash, jewellery worth Rs 3.5 cr in raids

The 2 Northern Railway officials have been accused of accepting Rs 7 lakh in bribes in exchange for awarding contracts to Delhi-based private firms.

Can there be an FIR against Justice Yashwant Varma? A 1991 SC verdict holds the answer

In Justice Yashwant Varma’s case, Delhi police commissioner shared photographs and video of cash, allegedly found in aftermath of a fire, with the Delhi high court chief justice.

CBI books 7 North East Frontier Railway officials & private infra firm in Rs 60 crore bribery case

According to a related FIR, Bhartia Infra was awarded as many as 106 contracts between 2010 and 2023.

Chandrababu Naidu verdict: what SC judges agreed on & where they differed

A division bench rejected Andhra ex-CM Naidu’s appeal to quash an FIR in a multi-crore scam. But what it differed on was applicability of Section 17A of Prevention of Corruption Act 1988. 

On Camera

Menstrual leave doesn’t work in ‘real world’. And that real world is designed by, for men

When a woman menstruates, when/if she decides to marry, when/if she decides to have kids, should not be factors when looking at a woman’s potential from a hiring standpoint.

US strike on Iran’s key oil export island Kharg raises fears of wider supply disruption

President Trump said the US had bombed military targets on Kharg Island in the Persian Gulf, but spared oil infrastructure.

Supreme Leader Mojtaba, the man Iran must keep alive & the secret force ‘tasked with it’—all about NOPO

The Nirouyeh Vijeh Pasdaran Velayat, or NOPO, was the only force Ali Khamenei trusted.It was founded in 1991 and is more feared than the Revolutionary Guards.

Peaceful power transfers followed uprisings in India’s neighbourhood. It’s a sign of mature democracies

Rating democracies is a tricky business. I am only using the simple metric of who in the Indian subcontinent has had the most peaceful, stable, normal political transitions and continuity.