-The Hindu Supreme Court verdict on the Act could increase the vulnerability of victims of atrocities, says ex-official GUNTUR (Andhra Pradesh): The Central government must bring an ordinance to remove the conditions imposed in the recent Supreme Court judgment in the implementation of the Prevention of Atrocities (SC, ST) Act, 1989 and remove all general observations made about it, said P.S. Krishnan, former Union Secretary, Ministry of Welfare, and member, National Monitoring...
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RBI didn't do audit: Central Vigilance Commissioner KV Chowdary on PNB fraud
-PTI NEW DELHI: Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary on Tuesday said the Reserve Bank of India had apparently not conducted an audit during the period of time when a Rs 13,000-crore scam hit the Punjab National Bank. Chowdary stressed the need to put into place a more robust auditing system. "They did not do this (an audit)," the head of the probity watchdog said. The CVC exercises superintendence over the CBI which...
More »Supreme Court reserves order on CVC, VC appointments
-The Indian Express The Centre has defended their appointments, saying it was cleared unanimously by a three-member committee comprising the PM, Home Minister and Leader of Opposition. New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its order on a petition challenging the appointment of former Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) head K V Chaudhary as Chief Vigilance Commissioner and former CMD of Indian Bank T M Bhasin as Vigilance Commissioner. A...
More »CVC examines CBI probe in top bank frauds, including Vijay Mallya's
-PTI CVC Commissioner says bankers need have no fear if their decisions are bonafide New Delhi: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) is supervising CBI's probe in 10 top bank fraud cases, including one involving fugitive businessman Vijay Mallya, and says bankers need have no fear if their decisions are bonafide. Vigilance Commissioner T M Bhasin told PTI that bankers need to "muster courage" to recover their money individually or collectively from defaulters. His assertion...
More »Ganga pollution: Experts to take call on who should be held guilty -Amitabh Sinha
-The Indian Express Proposed law on Ganga will not be enacted ‘in a hurry’, draft not complete: Uma Bharati. PROGRESS ON drafting a new law to protect the Ganga from pollution has run into a hurdle due to lack of consensus over what could be considered an offence and who should be held guilty of polluting the river. Water Resources Minister Uma Bharati told The Indian Express that the proposed Ganga law...
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