The Supreme Court on Monday has restrained the Maharashtra Police from filing chargesheets against former Mumbai Police Commissioner Param Bir Singh. The investigations in the said matter will however continue with the liberty to file counter-affidavits within a week. The Apex Court also extended the interim protection given to Singh earlier.
The CBI has got the Allahabad High Court's go-ahead to prosecute retired Allahabad High Court judge S.N. Shukla in a medical college corruption case in accordance with the Prevention of Corruption Act.
The Allahabad High Court has strongly reprimanded the CBI probing the death of Pujari Yadav in police custody and made a strong remark for not making concerted efforts to arrest the police officers accused of the murder.
The Centre on Sunday moved an ordinance to extend the tenure of Enforcement Directorate (ED) director and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director to five years. The current tenure of the CBI and ED directors is 2 years.
The body of Mahant Narendra Giri was found hanging from the ceiling fan in Baghambri Gaddi Math in Prayagraj on 20 September. A suicide note was also recovered from him, in which he had accused his disciple Anand Giri, Aadya Tiwari, and Sandeep Tiwari of mental torture.
The CBI had also alleged that INX Media had engaged a firm linked to Karti Chidambaram to resolve an issue with the IT dept. The CBI registered its case on May 15, 2017, alleging irregularities in FIPB clearance granted to INX Media for receiving overseas funds of Rs 305 crore in 2007.