Tag: CBI

Madras High Court transfers gutkha scam case to CBI

Source – indianexpress.com In a major set back to the Tamil Nadu government, the Madras High Court on Thursday ordered a CBI probe into the multi-crore gutkha scam, in which state Health Minister C Vijaya Baskar, DGP T K Rajendran and former Chennai police commissioner S George are named as accused. Transferring the probe to

Unfortunate & disturbing: Supreme Court

Source – dnaindia.com The Supreme Court said on Friday that it was “very disturbed” by “unfortunate” public statements made by lawmakers on the issue of impeaching judges. “We are all very disturbed about it,” a bench comprising Justices AK Sikri and Ashok Bhushan told the counsel of a petitioner who sought to restrain legislators and gag

Over 1000 cases pending with CBI: Minister

Source:- thestatesman.com A total of 1081 cases and 75 preliminary enquiries are pending investigation/enquiry by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) as on December 31, 2016, the Rajya Sabha was informed on Thursday. In a written reply to the house, Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office Jitendra Singh further said that the government