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TopicPrevention of Corruption Act

Topic: Prevention of Corruption Act

‘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. 

‘Miscarriage of justice’ — Madras HC revisits disproportionate assets cases against 2 DMK ministers

Court observation came during suo motu revision of acquittal of Thangam Thennarasu & KKSSR Ramachandran. 'Something is very rotten' in special court for MP/MLA cases, says judge.

SC says bribery can be proved through circumstantial evidence — ‘deduction of culpability’

Presumption of fact regarding bribe demand can be inferred only when foundational facts of case have been proven, court said, underlining points to be borne by judge deciding case.

Corruption law applies to deemed university, says SC, allows official’s trial for ‘bribery’ 

The SC bench said officials of a deemed university do not perform any less of a public duty than their counterparts in other universities. 

On Camera

Was India’s public sector born out of European envy?

For all its obvious blemishes, capitalism alone holds out the most creative and dynamic force that any civilization has ever discovered, wrote BP Godrej in 1980.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

2 Assam Rifles personnel killed as convoy ambushed in Manipur, on ‘same route Modi took’ fortnight ago

This is the first major attack on central security forces since last November, when a CRPF jawan was killed and four were injured in an ambush in Jiribam on Manipur-Assam border. 

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.