Prevention Of Corruption Act

ED raids Karnataka Congress MLA Nara Bharath in money-laundering case

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided more than a dozen locations in Karnataka on Saturday as part of a money-laundering investigation against Congress MLA Nara Bharath Reddy and some others, official sources said. The premises of the 34-year-old legislator from Bellary and some other locations in Karnataka and Telangana are being searched, they said. Officials of the central agency searched Reddy's locations in Bellary and Bengaluru. The money-laundering case against Reddy stems from an FIR lodged by the Karnataka Police and allegations of land deals that are under the ED's scanner. Some mining and quarrying businesses allegedly linked to the MLA are also being investigated by the agency.

ED records voice sample of Sujay Krishna Bhadra in school jobs scam case

Enforcement Directorate sleuths on Thursday collected voice samples of Sujay Krishna Bhadra, one of the arrested accused in the school jobs scam, an ED official said. Bhadra, popularly known as 'Kalighat er Kaku' (uncle from Kalighat), is said to be close to the top leaders of the ruling TMC and was allegedly a key official in a couple of companies linked to them. The recording will be sent to Central Forensic Laboratory. Along with the recorded voice samples of Bhadra, the ED will also send the recordings they had collected as evidence while investigating the scam for the purpose of "matching", the official told PTI. His voice was recorded at the ESI Hospital at Joka here after being taken from the SSKM Hospital on Wednesday night. "The accused's voice was recorded at night at the ESI Joka Hospital. The samples were collected by our officers in the presence of two independent witnesses," he told PTI. About eight ED officers, one forensic expert and one technician were present in

Delhi High Court grants bail to Avtar Singh Kochar in ED, Mcoca case

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday granted bail to Avtar Singh Kochar in the money laundering as well as in the MCOCA case

Vijayawada ACB court extends Chandrababu Naidu's remand till November 1

Vijayawada ACB court on Thursday extended Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu's remand in the alleged multi-crore skill development scam case till November 1

Circumstantial evidence enough to hold public servant guilty of graft: SC

Five-judge Constitution bench lists terms for cases related to Prevention of Corruption Act

Ex-Punjab forest minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot arrested on graft charges

Former Punjab forest minister Sadhu Singh Dharamsot has been arrested by the Punjab Vigilance Bureau under the Prevention of Corruption Act, official sources said

Lokpal fails to sanction prosecution of anyone in nearly three years

The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, states that the Lokpal shall constitute a prosecution wing headed by the director of prosecution for the purpose of prosecution of public servants

Naresh Trehan, 15 others booked over Medicity land allotment in Gurgaon

The case was lodged at the Sadar police station on Friday and the accused have been booked under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, Prevention of Corruption Act, according to the FIR.

2G scam: CBI appeal infructuous in view of new anti-graft law, says A Raja

Apart from Raja, his then private secretary R K Chandolia and former telecom secretary Siddharth Behura have also raised the issue in separate applications filed by them.

Centre okayed prosecution of 56 IAS officers for graft in last 10 years

DoPT had granted 102 prosecution sanctions against these 56 IAS officers between January 1, 2010 and March 26, 2019

SC seeks govt reply on plea challenging amendments to anti-corruption law

Weakening Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act will help corrupt offcials, says petition before court.

Opinion split over protection for civil servants under new anti-graft law

At one end are concerns that the new Act will defang corruption combatting agencies; at the other is the call for reimbursement of costs payable to exonerated officers

Empowering bankers

Prevention of Corruption Act must be amended fast

Rajya Sabha select committee dilutes anti-graft law

The Rajya Sabha select committee members agreed to a report that substantially weakens even the existing anti-corruption sections of the law

PCA amendments to aid banks in prompt NPA management

The amendments to the Prevention of Corruption Act will give more room to public servants, including banks officials, to take decisions confidently, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on Tuesday.The law, which deals with accountability of public servants, is in the final stages of its amending process. It's before the standing committee and hope in the next session it comes up.The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, which constrains a lot of public servants, and also banking, he said. It will help them (PSBs executives) take prompt action, especially on resolving stressed loans without fear of being punished for bona-fide decisions, Jaitley said,addressing SBI's Banking and Economics Conclave in Mumbai. Lack of decision making and consensus is hampering banks. The oversight committee to vet non-performing assets (NPAs) sale decision would also aid banks in decision making.Flagging security of country as top priority, Jaitley indicated their will be no constraints on resources for