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TopicPrevention of Corruption Act

Topic: Prevention of Corruption Act

IDFC First Bank fraud: Haryana IAS officer Pardeep Kumar, on the run for days, seeks anticipatory bail

Kumar, a 2011-batch HCS-promoted IAS officer, has been missing from his residence for several days. A CBI team had gone to his home to arrest him but found him absent, and his phone turned off

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.

On Camera

Zaira Wasim calls I-Day events ‘irrelevant’. Muslim values are not at odds with patriotism

What kind of value system is it that is bothered only when girls become visible in public? Kashmir’s daughters do not need to disappear from public spaces in order to be respected.

NITI Aayog wants India to reimagine skilling, pitches ‘skills not degree’, training from Class 6

Federal think tank in its latest report maps India’s workforce and learners across five segments, reveals that fewer than one in 12 secondary schools currently offer vocational subjects.

India, Japan look at joint naval shipbuilding, technology transfer with pact to deepen defence ties

Maritime security agreement opens avenues for joint development of naval ships and design, greater use of Indian shipbuilding and repair facilities by Japan.

Gen Vaidya won 2 Maha Vir Chakras, fell to assassins’ bullets 40 yrs ago. India forgot a great soldier

Forty years ago this week, ‘Khalistan Commando Force’ assassins were closing in on Gen Vaidya. So callous was the security of the just-retired Army chief that he was given a solitary police gunman