it is high time we should realize the fallout of corruption. He said the fight against corruption is incomplete unless we recover the illegal assets and wealth amassed by corrupt persons. Shri Misra said the corrupt should be not only brought to book but their illegally amassed wealth should also be recovered & attached, as such property and wealth which is created through corrupt & illegal means is basically a fruit of crime. Secretary(Personnel) said that in his view, no fight against corruption is complete unless we recover and attach these illegal assets. Shri Misra commended the joint effort of INTERPOL and the Central Bureau of Investigation in organising this course.
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The Supreme Court has cancelled 122 licenses for mobile networks issued during A Raja’s tenure as Telecom Minister and has asked the telecom regulator TRAI to make fresh recommendations on allotment of the licenses through auction within four months. In a second crucial verdict, the court refused to order an investigation into the role of Home Minister P Chidambaram in the telecom scam, asking a CBI trial court to decide on this instead within two weeks.
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The Special Judge for CBI cases, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi has convicted Sh. H.A. Siddiqui, the then Addl. Commissioner of Income Tax Range-34, Vikas Bhawan, IP State, New Delhi in a bribery case of Rs.One Lakh and sentenced him to undergo four years Rigorous Imprisonment with total fine of Rs.Four Lakh.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered two cases against certain officials of the Ministry of Railways; unknown officials of Central Excise of Haldia Commissionerate (West Bengal) and two private companies – one based at Jhargram(West Bengal) and other based at Kharagpur(West Bengal) along with the Directors of the said companies.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation Mumbai has filed a chargesheet against an Additional Commissioner of Income Tax (an IRS Officer of 1992 Batch); her husband (a Chemical Engineer & a businessman of Mumbai) and an Asst. Commissioner of Income Tax in a bribery case of Rs.Two crores.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has today arrested Commissioner of Central Excise, Delhi in an on-going investigation in a case registered against him; a Superintendent, Central Excise, New Delhi; a middleman and others for demanding an illegal gratification of Rs.60 Lakh from a mobile phone importer.The Superintendent of Central Excise and the middleman were earlier arrested on 02.01.2012 by CBI.
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The year 2011 was marked by complex, specialized, high profile investigations conducted by the Central Bureau of Investigation, to probe corruption and crime. The Bureau’s investigations made national headlines in several cases, such as, the 2G Spectrum investigation; Bellary illegal mining Case, Bhanwari Devi abduction and murder case, Commonwealth Games related investigations, alleged irregularities in the implementation of National Rural Health Mission in Uttar Pradesh and alleged corruption in Mumbai’s Adarsh Housing Society case, among several others.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) all set to file chargesheet against a judge of an Income Tax tribunal for colluding to pass favourable orders for a Chartered Accountants firm’s clients. The CBI is said to have collected evidence that a member of the Income Tax Apellate Tribunal (ITAT) colluded with a Kolkata-based firm of chartered accountants SK Tulsiyan & Co.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested an Enforcement Officer, Employees Provident Fund Organization, Fort Road, Kannur (Kerala) for demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs.30,000/- from the complainant.
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The Central Bureau of Investigation had registered a case against officials of Chennai Customs and others U/s 120-B r/w 420 IPC and Sec. 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 on the allegation that during the period May-June, 2011, the Customs officials conspired with a private firm based at Chennai & others and in pursuance of the same, the Chennai Customs Officials sanctioned fraudulent & false claims of Refund made by the firm. A cheque for Rs.1,19,95,259/- was issued to firm and thus caused a wrongful loss to Customs Department & corresponding wrongful gain to the firm.
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