The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on the plea of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) challenging the interim bail granted by the Bombay High Court to former ICICI Bank CEO-cum-MD Chanda Kochhar in the Videocon loan fraud case.
According to senior officials, searches are underway at around 50 locations, including Kolkata, Gangtok, Siliguri, and other locations since last evening. A senior superintendent of Passport Seva Laghu Kendras (PSLK) in Siliguri, along with a middleman, has been apprehended.
The counsel for the accused told the court that the certified copies of the case file had not been supplied. This case pertains to the killing in Pul Bangash Gurudwara in 1984.
The accused, Dr. Rajendra Narayan Panigrahi, was caught yesterday red-handed while accepting the bribe. The subsequent raids at his premises resulted in the recovery of assets amounting to over one crore. Cash in Indian and foreign currency was seized from him.
The Aam Aadmi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Singh on Friday moved the Delhi High Court challenging his arrest in the Delhi Liquor scam case. He has also challenged the remand granted by the trial court.
The official statement said that the Government conceded that the opinion of LG shall be required for the appointment of Special Public Prosecutors (SPPs) for CBI to conduct trials of POCSO cases in various special courts of the National Capital, which has been stalled for over nine months.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet on Wednesday approved the proposal of the Department of Personnel and Training (DOPT) for the appointment of IPS officer DC Jain as Special director in Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Reacting to the action being taken by National Investigation Agency (NIA) on the premises of PFI at various places in several states, including Madhya Pradesh, the former CM said, "97 percent cases on PFI have been found to be false."