Kerala withdraws general consent accorded to CBI to probe casesThe decision was taken at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, an official statement here said. The lone Left-rule...
Maharashtra among five states that have withdrawn general consent to CBIThe governments of West Bengal, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh had recently withdrawn the general consent to the Central Bureau of Investigatio...
CBI versus CBI: Modi government goes on the defensiveComing on the eve of the crucial assembly elections, the murky dealings at the CBI could prove to be costly for the Modi government.
Government to take over power to protect honest bureaucrats from probe: H.C. GuptaUnder the present Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, no protection by way of prior sanction from government is available to retired offici...
Lokpal nod mandatory to probe corrupt officers?The government, however, said this was being done to ensure efficient and transparent working of the employees.
Racing against time, government to introduce bill to select new CBI Director on Monday in ParliamentKeen to appoint the successor of Ranjit Sinha at CBI in time, the govt will be introducing a bill on Monday itself in Lok Sabha to amend th...
Ranjit Sinha to retire on December 2; government in a fix as new appointment would require amendment to the existing lawPresent CBI director Ranjit Sinha retires on December 2 and the Delhi Police Special Establishment Act will have to be amended
Government plans to incorporate provision to remove CBI chief on grounds of proven misbehaviorRanjit Sinha is in the eye of a storm over allegations leveled against him of meeting those accused or close to the accused in the 2G and c...
Coal block allocation case: Supreme Court asks Central Vigilance Commission to look at closed preliminary enquiriesSC backed off for now on asking CVC to have a look at files in all cases in which CBI had filed closure reports to check if it had drawn co...
CBI can prosecute senior bureaucrats without govt sanction: Supreme CourtScrapping the protection given to senior bureaucrats in corruption cases, the SC ruled that CBI can probe and prosecute them without Centre...
CBI crisis could have been avoided if government hadn’t rejected draft ActA shock order from Gauhati HC questioning the legal basis for CBI’s existence has left govt in a tizzy and scrambling for legal counter mea...
CBI unhappy with GoM recommendation on accountability panel of three judgesCBI had also demanded scrapping of Section 6A in DPSE under which prior sanction is needed to start probe against a joint secretary and abo...
Minor changes in DPSE Act, no new bill likely on CBI autonomyGovernment may not push ahead with a bill on CBI but do some tweaking of provisions in the law relating to the agency.
Minor changes in DPSE Act, no new bill likely on CBI autonomyGovernment may not push ahead with a bill on CBI but do some tweaking of the provision in the law relating to the agency.