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After politicians and judges of the Supreme Court, now the assets of babus have also been prised open to public scrutiny by RTI. In a landmark order, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has said that disclosure of information such as assets of a public servant, routinely collected by the public authority, should be made available to the public under the Right to Information (RTI) Act. Full Article

The Central Bureau of Investigation has registered a case against the then Commissioner Income Tax (Appeal), XIV, Mumbai U/s 13(2) r/w 13(1)(d) of PC Act. on the allegation that he had obtained pecuniary advantage to the tune of Rs. 50 lakhs (approx) during the period 2001 to 2008 in the form of huge donations for his Mumbai based charitable trust from Income Tax assesses/ parties coming under his jurisdiction and as a quid pro quo passed orders in the favour of the asse.. Full Article

This is perhaps the first time an officer arrested for corruption went to office on release from custody—an act considered as violation of rules. On October 25, income tax commissioner Ajoy Kumar Singh was arrested on corruption charges and on October 30, a day after his release on bail, he reported to work at his Nagpur office. Full Article

THE Principal Special Judge for CBI cases, Chennai, today convicted accused G.Selvakumar, former Income Tax Officer, Chennai and M.Vincent Xavier, a private person and sentenced them to undergo Rigorous Imprisonment for five years with a fine of Rs. 26,30,000/- and Rs.17,40,000/ – respectively, for committing forgery, fraud issue of false and forged Income Tax Refund [...] Full Article