The Rajasthan Government has granted prior approval under Section 17A of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 for an ACB probe against IAS officer Shikhar Agrawal, over allegations that he colluded with the directors of a private resort company and acquired villas in the names of family members. The allegations are untested. Jaipur: The Rajasthan […]
Can a former DGP whose sentence is suspended travel to the UAE for work? Ex-DGP Tomin Thachankary says so, citing 66 trial sittings attended and 75 per cent of the fine deposited, and the Kerala High Court seeks State’s response before deciding. These are the appellant’s contentions and have not been tested. Kochi: Asked to […]
Former Director General of Police Tomin Thachankary need not serve his four-year sentence while his appeal is pending, the Kerala High Court has ruled; the disproportionate assets conviction itself remains in place until the appeal is decided. Kochi: Allowing a plea by former Director General of Police Tomin J. Thachankary, the Kerala High Court on […]
Calling for mandatory attachment of property suspected to be bought with corrupt money, the Madras High Court has urged an amendment to the Prevention of Corruption Act, while setting aside the confiscation of about 88 acres that a convicted Sub-Registrar had sold off before trial. Madurai: The Madras High Court has held that attachment of […]
The Madras High Court has refused to discharge a former Tamil Nadu Minister and his family in a disproportionate assets case, holding that under the unamended Prevention of Corruption Act no sanction under Section 19 was required to prosecute a public servant who had already demitted the office he is alleged to have abused. It also held that no sanction under Section 197 CrPC arises, as a disproportionate-assets offence has no nexus to official duty.
The Kerala High Court has granted the State two days to file its objection to former DGP Tomin J. Thachankary’s plea to suspend his four-year sentence, imposed on his conviction in a disproportionate assets case, pending his appeal against the conviction. The State described the matter as an exceptional case given the high office he held; the Court observed that there is no absolute right to object where the sentence is under ten years. The conviction is under appeal.
