Prevention Of Corruption Act
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CBI unlikely to give clearance to AgustaWestland
India | Apr 30, 2015, 05:49 PM ISTNew Delhi: CBI is unlikely to give clearance to AgustaWestland, facing alleged bribery charges, for taking part in ‘Make in India' programme after the company made a request citing an Italian court order acquitting it
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Differentiate between genuine error and graft: Jaitley
Apr 27, 2015, 04:03 PM ISTNew Delhi: Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today said that there is a fine difference between corruption and genuine error of decision which the present anti-graft law fails to recognise.He said the Prevention of Corruption Act
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Govt looking at amending Prevention of Corruption Act: Arun Jaitley
National | Apr 07, 2015, 07:53 AM ISTNew Delhi:Government is considering amending the Prevention of Corruption Act, Finance Minister Arun Jatiley yesterday said against the backdrop of criminal cases being lodged against industry and decision-makers.Speaking at a CII event here, he stressed
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Coal Scam: Sanction to prosecute govt servants awaited, says CBI
India | Mar 12, 2015, 08:50 PM ISTNew Delhi: The CBI today told a special court that it was awaiting response of the competent authority on the issue of considering according sanction to prosecute public servants allegedly involved in a coalscam case
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Coal scam: Court orders framing of charges against Jharkhand Ispat, 2 directors
India | Mar 09, 2015, 05:51 PM ISTNew Delhi: Jharkhand Ispat Pvt Ltd (JIPL) and its two directors R C Rungta and R S Rungta were today ordered to be put on trial in a coal scam case by a special court
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Court upholds 10-year jail term for Chautala, son
National | Mar 05, 2015, 01:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday upheld a 10-year jail term for former Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala and his son Ajay Chautala in the 2000 illegal teacher recruitment scam in the
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TMC tracer arrested for graft
India | Nov 29, 2014, 09:59 AM ISTThane: A 56-year-old tracer with the Mumbra ward office of the Thane Municipal Corporation, who allegedly demanded a bribe of Rs 5000, was caught by ACB sleuths here red-handed while accepting the sum. Addl SP
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CBI court summons Maran, others in Aircel-Marxis deal
India | Oct 29, 2014, 02:07 PM ISTNew Delhi: Former telecom minister Dayanidhi Maran has been summoned by a special court hearing the Aircel-Marxis deal, as part of the larger 2G spectrum allocation case, to appear before it on March 2.The Central
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Court to hear arguments on charges on Nov 19 in Jagdish Tytler's case
India | Oct 09, 2014, 01:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: A special court today fixed November 19 for hearing arguments on framing of charges in a case in which Congress leader Jagdish Tytler and businessman Abhishek Verma have been chargesheeted by CBI for
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Fair and efficient probe can curb corruption: Delhi court
India | Oct 05, 2014, 02:10 PM ISTNew Delhi: Only a "fair and efficient probe through field investigation" can curb corruption, a court here has said while acquitting two accused in a graft case for want of evidence."However, the single most important
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Jayalalithaa's conviction a rude shock for partymen
National | Sep 27, 2014, 07:24 PM ISTChennai: The conviction of AIADMK supremo and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa in the 18 year-old disproportionate assets case has come as a rude shock to the ruling party, casting a doubt over the
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Railway bribery case: Court begins recording of PK Bansal's statement
India | Sep 22, 2014, 02:58 PM ISTNew Delhi: A court here on Monday began recording of the statement of former railway minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, a prosecution witness in the Rs 10 crore railway bribery case.Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Special
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Lokayukta unearths Rs 9.7 crore worth "illegal" assets
India | Aug 26, 2014, 09:39 PM ISTBangalore: Lokayukta Police in Karnataka today conducted simultaneous raids at 14 premises belonging to government servants across the state and unearthed alleged illegal assets to the tune of around Rs 9.7 crore.Based on “credible information”
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Aircel-Maxis case: CBI mulling to quiz Finance Ministry officials
Aug 18, 2014, 08:52 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is mulling questioning some officials of the Finance Ministry who were part of Foreign Investment Promotion Board (FIPB) clearance process given to Aircel-Maxis deal even as it
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Secretaries list expectations, highlight urgent issues to Modi
India | Jun 05, 2014, 08:06 PM ISTNew Delhi: In his meeting with the secretaries of all government departments, Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave the top bureaucrats space and time to voice their expectations from the new administration besides listing areas needing
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Govt decides against Ordinance route on anti-graft measures
National | Mar 03, 2014, 11:33 AM ISTNew Delhi: The Union Cabinet last night rejected the ordinance route for a set of anti-corruption measures despite pressure from Rahul Gandhi for bringing such laws.The Union Cabinet, which met here this evening, discussed the
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Prevention of Corruption Act charges slapped on outing Mayor
India | Apr 16, 2013, 12:52 PM ISTRanchi, Apr 16: Absconding Mayor Rama Khalko was charged under Prevention of Corruption Act after an FIR was lodged against her and two others in connection with cash-for-vote allegations in the run up to the
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Court awards jail term to BJP MLA in Karnataka
National | Jun 03, 2012, 02:28 PM ISTBangalore, Jun 3: In the first ever conviction of a Legislator in Karnataka under the Prevention of Corruption Act, a ruling BJP MLA was on Friday sentenced to three-and-a half year rigorous imprisonment in a
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Bail applications of BSY, family members adjourned to May 2
India | May 17, 2012, 01:38 PM ISTBangalore, May 17: A CBI designated court today adjourned to May 25 hearing on the anticipatory bail pleas filed by former Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa and his family members, against whom the central agency
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CBI registers over 2,200 corruption cases in past 3 years
India | May 09, 2012, 06:52 PM ISTNew Delhi, May 9: CBI has registered a total of 2,246 cases under different sections of Prevention of Corruption Act in the last three years. The cases included 737 trap and 239 disproportionate assets cases,