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Chandigarh: CHB staffer gets 4-year jail in corruption case

Complainant need duplicate documents of his flat in Dhanas, the official assured him that he would provide it for ₹50,000 bribe and had sought ₹20,000 as the first instalment

The convict, Jagdish Raj Manchanda, was caught red-handed by the UT vigilance department while taking a bribe of <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>20,000 in March 2020. (Getty Images/Vetta)

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Published on Apr 29, 2025 09:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Apex court refers BSY appeal to larger bench

Citing judicial propriety, a bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra deferred its verdict on Yediyurappa’s plea.

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Published on Apr 22, 2025 07:14 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

CBI arrests ex-CMD of BECIL in ₹58 cr corruption case

BECIL’s ex - CMD G Kuruvilla and general manager WB Prasad on grounds of alleged misconduct, omissions and commissions during the performance of their official duties, after which a court remanded them to CBI’s custody till Saturday

A high angle shot of metal handcuffs isolated on a white background

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Published on Apr 18, 2025 09:24 AM IST

ByAbhishek Sharan

JNU terminates services of four staff, including two faculty, in graft, sexual harassment case

The EC meeting also mentioned it was the first administration to elect student representatives to the Internal Complaints Committee

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Published on Apr 18, 2025 06:30 AM IST

ByAheli Das

Vigilance Bureau conducts raid at Ludhiana’s arrested SE’s residence in Chandigarh

As per the complaint, the complainant, Hitesh Aggarwal, a local contractor, had alleged that he applied for a tender for redevelopment project at Nehru Rose Garden, Civil Lines, Ludhiana and accused had demanded 10 percent commission as a bribe in lieu of allotment of the tender work to him

In a purported audio recording, the accused Sanjay Kanwar can be heard mentioning that a share of the “10% commission” would go to a senior official, cryptically named as “Vadda Saab.” (HT File)

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Published on Apr 16, 2025 07:04 AM IST

BySukhpreet Singh, Ludhiana

NAAC removes over 1,000 assessors after panel’s recommendations

Even before the bribery incident, NAAC had removed around 800 out of its 6,100 assessors, bringing the number down to 5,364, due to data discrepancies, protocol violations

The case involves allegations of bribes being paid to secure an A++ rating for KLEF in Andhra Pradesh during a NAAC inspection. The federal agency has claimed that KLEF officials sought favorable accreditation by bribing members of the NAAC inspection committee.

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Published on Apr 09, 2025 11:46 AM IST

BySanjay Maurya

Chandigarh head constable pronounced guilty in 2016 corruption case

The cop, identified as Rajkumar, was accused of demanding a ₹20,000 bribe from four persons for not registering a case against them

The case stems from an incident on December 23, 2016, when complainant Anil Kumar, a resident of Ram Darbar, had got into a fight with two other persons -- Akhilesh and Vikas -- over a minor issue. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Apr 09, 2025 09:18 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

CBI names Baghel as accused in FIR in Mahadev app case

The development came a week after the agency raided 60 locations in four states, including the residences of Baghel, as part of its probe in the corruption case

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Published on Apr 02, 2025 07:44 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent

Chandigarh: Former HC judge Nirmal Yadav acquitted in cash-at-judge’s door case

One of the longest running trials at the district courts complex in Chandigarh — the cash-at-judge’s door case involving retired justice Nirmal Yadav — reached a conclusion 17 years after the FIR was registered in the first case where a sitting judge was booked for corruption .

A special CBI court on Saturday acquitted former Punjab and Haryana high court judge Nirmal Yadav in a 2008 corruption case. (HT Photo)

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Updated on Mar 29, 2025 05:08 PM IST

ByBrijender Gaur

IRCTC case: Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Tejashvi Yadav seek discharge

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Published on Mar 29, 2025 04:15 PM IST

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Chandigarh:17 years on, judgment in cash at judge’s door case expected on March 29

Over the 17-year trial period, various judges who held charge of the CBI court heard the case at least 230 times; as many as 69 of the 84 cited witnesses were examined by the prosecution in the case as trial continued over the years

While reserving the verdict, the special CBI court in Chandigarh listed the case for March 29 when the final judgment is expected, officials confirmed. (HT Photo)

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Published on Mar 28, 2025 11:08 AM IST

ByRajanbir Singh, Chandigarh

CBI searches ex-CM Bhupesh Baghel’s residences in Chhattisgarh

Baghel was named an accused with Mahadev founders Saurabh Chandrakar, Ravi Uppal in a Chhattisgarh FIR on Mar 4, 2024; their extradition is sought from UAE.

Security personnel at the residence of Chhattisgarh former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel during a CBI raid, in Bhilai on Wednesday. (PTI)

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Published on Mar 27, 2025 03:49 AM IST

ByRitesh Mishra, New Delhi/raipur

Delhi court accepts CBI closure report in corruption case against ex-IOA chief

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Updated on Mar 24, 2025 08:24 PM IST

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CBI books EPFO official in bribery case related to PF claims

The Mumbai unit of the CBI has booked an official of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and others, including two employees of a state-based dairy cooperative, in an alleged corruption case related to the demand and acceptance of bribe, for settling PF claims.

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Published on Mar 24, 2025 07:48 AM IST

ByAbhishek Sharan

Chandigarh: Punjab transport dept staffer given four years sentence in 2017 graft case

The complainant told the police that he visited the Punjab government’s transport office in Sector 17 for the issuance of a registration certificate and All India Permit for his Honda Amaze car where he met the accused who told him that the total fee for his work would be ₹16,000 and also said that a penalty of ₹50 per day as the late fee is payable by him, thus, taking the payable total to ₹19,300

The CBI court of special judge Alka Malik on Wednesday sentenced a 66-year-old former senior assistant in the office of state transport commissioner to four years imprisonment in a 2017 corruption case. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)

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Published on Mar 20, 2025 07:24 AM IST

ByAneesha Sareen Kumar, Chandigarh

Chandigarh: Ex-IAS officer gets anticipatory bail in 24-year-old corruption case

According to the prosecution, Gurnihal Singh Pirzada, the then managing director of the Punjab State Electronic Development and Production Corporation Limited, misused his position for acquiring ‘benami’ properties

Former Tamil Nadu-cadre IAS officer Gurnihal Singh Pirzada stated before the court in his bail plea that he had been falsely implicated. (Shutterstock)

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Published on Mar 18, 2025 10:16 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

CBI books advisory firm proprietor, employee in corruption case

The accused allegedly accepted a bribe of ₹20 lakh from a businessman to influence the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai, to secure a favourable order for the businessman’s firm in an NCLT proceeding.

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Published on Mar 12, 2025 09:54 AM IST

ByAbhishek Sharan

SC grants bail to former excise officer, defers release

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Updated on Mar 09, 2025 02:00 PM IST

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FIRs not reliant on prior probe in graft cases: SC

Law enforcement agencies must not be restrained by unnecessary administrative hurdles in initiating investigations, the top court said

The Supreme Court emphasised that while a preliminary inquiry may be desirable in certain instances, it is neither a vested right of the accused nor a statutory mandate under the PC Act, 1988 (HT )

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Published on Mar 07, 2025 05:54 AM IST

ByUtkarsh Anand

Haryana: CBI court jails 3 excise officials for 4 years in corruption case

The convicted officials were found guilty under Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

Additionally, fines ranging from <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>10,000 to <span class='webrupee'>₹</span>50,000 were imposed on the trio. (HT File)

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Published on Mar 05, 2025 08:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Panchkula

Ex-SP MLC Vasudev Yadav arrested in disproportionate assets case

Former SP MLC Vasudev Yadav was arrested by the Varanasi Vigilance team for a disproportionate assets case after failing to appear in court.

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Published on Mar 05, 2025 08:04 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Prayagraj

Row in Mizoram after ZPM’s V Zirsanga appointed LADC chief despite conviction

On January 19, 2024, a special court convicted V Zirsanga along with three others for criminal breach of trust, cheating and corruption

Zirsanga was appointed as CEM of the autonomous council on February 24 and directed to secure a vote of confidence within 30 days (Photo: ladc.mizoram.gov.in)

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Published on Feb 26, 2025 06:11 PM IST

BySangzuala Hmar

PCS officer wanted in graft case surrenders

On November 8, the VB had arrested his computer operator taking a bribe of ₹30,000 from a local shopkeeper.

The complainant recorded the conversation related to the bribe demand and submitted it as evidence to the Bureau.

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Published on Feb 21, 2025 09:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Hoshiarpur

Jayalalithaa’s case was abated, not an exoneration: SC

Supreme Court clarifies that its 2017 order on Jayalalithaa's DA case does not imply her acquittal; her properties will remain attached for auction.

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Published on Feb 15, 2025 08:24 AM IST

ByAbraham Thomas

Goa court discharges ex-CM Digambar Kamat, 16 others in mining case

Kamat’s lawyer Damodar Dhond said the Panaji principal district and sessions judge had discharged all the accused

Former Goa chief minister Digambar-Kamat- (FILE PHOTO)

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Published on Feb 15, 2025 05:18 AM IST

ByGerard de Souza

Ludhiana: Head constable booked for bribery

The spokesperson of the state VB said the case was registered following an inquiry into an online complaint filed by Indra Parsad, a resident of New Satguru Nagar, Sahnewal Road, Ludhiana, on the Anti-Corruption Action Line

A case has been registered against the said accused under Prevention of Corruption Act at the VB police station, Ludhiana range. (HT Photo)

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Published on Feb 11, 2025 06:20 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Ludhiana

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif, son Hamza acquitted in sugar mills corruption case

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Published on Feb 06, 2025 03:55 PM IST

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Chandigarh: Court summons ex-IAS officer in decade-old corruption case

The case was registered against former Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officers, Gurnihal Singh Pirzada and Sukhbir Singh Gill, first at the Sector 3 Police Station for purchasing several benami properties at different places in Mohali

CBI court had issued a notice to the accused for January 3, 2020. But the accused party moved high court, after which the court had stayed the trial. (iStock)

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Published on Feb 04, 2025 09:40 AM IST

ByHT Correspondent, Chandigarh

Delhi poll: Kejriwal, Sisodia among candidates with criminal cases in fray

Several candidates in Delhi Assembly polls, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, have faced jail time for various charges

Several candidates running for the Delhi Assembly elections, including AAP president Arvind Kejriwal, his long-time supporter Manish Sisodia, riot-accused Tahir Hussain, and Shifa-ur Rehman, have been imprisoned in relation to various matters, including rioting and corruption.(Hindustan Times/Sanjeev Verma)

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Published on Feb 03, 2025 10:17 AM IST

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NAAC inspection committee chairman, JNU professor among 10 held by CBI for graft

Those arrested also include the vice chancellor of the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur and two more executives.

NAAC inspection committee chairman, JNU professor among 10 arrested by CBI for corruption (File)(Representative image)

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Updated on Feb 03, 2025 07:54 AM IST

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Complainant need duplicate documents of his flat in Dhanas, the official assured him that he would provide it for ₹50,000 bribe and had sought ₹20,000 as the first instalment

Citing judicial propriety, a bench of justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra deferred its verdict on Yediyurappa’s plea.

BECIL’s ex - CMD G Kuruvilla and general manager WB Prasad on grounds of alleged misconduct, omissions and commissions during the performance of their official duties, after which a court remanded them to CBI’s custody till Saturday

The EC meeting also mentioned it was the first administration to elect student representatives to the Internal Complaints Committee

As per the complaint, the complainant, Hitesh Aggarwal, a local contractor, had alleged that he applied for a tender for redevelopment project at Nehru Rose Garden, Civil Lines, Ludhiana and accused had demanded 10 percent commission as a bribe in lieu of allotment of the tender work to him

Even before the bribery incident, NAAC had removed around 800 out of its 6,100 assessors, bringing the number down to 5,364, due to data discrepancies, protocol violations

The cop, identified as Rajkumar, was accused of demanding a ₹20,000 bribe from four persons for not registering a case against them

The development came a week after the agency raided 60 locations in four states, including the residences of Baghel, as part of its probe in the corruption case

One of the longest running trials at the district courts complex in Chandigarh — the cash-at-judge’s door case involving retired justice Nirmal Yadav — reached a conclusion 17 years after the FIR was registered in the first case where a sitting judge was booked for corruption .

IRCTC case: Lalu Prasad, Rabri Devi, Tejashvi Yadav seek discharge

Over the 17-year trial period, various judges who held charge of the CBI court heard the case at least 230 times; as many as 69 of the 84 cited witnesses were examined by the prosecution in the case as trial continued over the years

Baghel was named an accused with Mahadev founders Saurabh Chandrakar, Ravi Uppal in a Chhattisgarh FIR on Mar 4, 2024; their extradition is sought from UAE.

Delhi court accepts CBI closure report in corruption case against ex-IOA chief

The Mumbai unit of the CBI has booked an official of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and others, including two employees of a state-based dairy cooperative, in an alleged corruption case related to the demand and acceptance of bribe, for settling PF claims.

According to the prosecution, Gurnihal Singh Pirzada, the then managing director of the Punjab State Electronic Development and Production Corporation Limited, misused his position for acquiring ‘benami’ properties

The accused allegedly accepted a bribe of ₹20 lakh from a businessman to influence the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai, to secure a favourable order for the businessman’s firm in an NCLT proceeding.

SC grants bail to former excise officer, defers release

Law enforcement agencies must not be restrained by unnecessary administrative hurdles in initiating investigations, the top court said

The convicted officials were found guilty under Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

Former SP MLC Vasudev Yadav was arrested by the Varanasi Vigilance team for a disproportionate assets case after failing to appear in court.

On January 19, 2024, a special court convicted V Zirsanga along with three others for criminal breach of trust, cheating and corruption

On November 8, the VB had arrested his computer operator taking a bribe of ₹30,000 from a local shopkeeper.

Supreme Court clarifies that its 2017 order on Jayalalithaa's DA case does not imply her acquittal; her properties will remain attached for auction.

Kamat’s lawyer Damodar Dhond said the Panaji principal district and sessions judge had discharged all the accused

The spokesperson of the state VB said the case was registered following an inquiry into an online complaint filed by Indra Parsad, a resident of New Satguru Nagar, Sahnewal Road, Ludhiana, on the Anti-Corruption Action Line

Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif, son Hamza acquitted in sugar mills corruption case

The case was registered against former Tamil Nadu cadre IAS officers, Gurnihal Singh Pirzada and Sukhbir Singh Gill, first at the Sector 3 Police Station for purchasing several benami properties at different places in Mohali

Several candidates in Delhi Assembly polls, including Arvind Kejriwal and Manish Sisodia, have faced jail time for various charges

Those arrested also include the vice chancellor of the Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation (KLEF) in Andhra Pradesh's Guntur and two more executives.

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