The Supreme Court imposed a Rs 25,000 cost on the Union of India after it admitted providing incorrect information about officers travelling abroad in a criminal probe. The error could have led to a wrong judicial order.
The Supreme Court has ruled that State Anti-Corruption Bureaus have the legal authority to investigate corruption cases against Central Government employees under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. The Court clarified that such investigative power is not exclusive to the CBI and can be exercised by State agencies within their territorial jurisdiction.
Today, on 16th January, The Supreme Court extended interim protection to former Telangana SIB chief T. Prabhakar Rao in the phone-tapping probe until March 10, observing custodial interrogation was already permitted and questioning the State’s insistence on continued incarceration without further justification.
The Supreme Court of India set aside the Andhra Pradesh High Court verdict that quashed multiple corruption FIRs, calling the approach a “travesty of justice”. The top court allowed the Andhra Pradesh Anti-Corruption Bureau to continue investigations and barred the High Court from entertaining further challenges to the FIRs.
Raja Raghuvanshi’s family plans to request narco-analysis tests for his wife Sonam and her alleged lover Raj Kushwaha in their investigation into his honeymoon murder in Meghalaya. With seven arrests and unclear motives, they believe these tests may reveal crucial information overlooked in regular interrogations, pushing for justice in the case.