State ACB Can Probe Central Employees Without CBI Consent: Rajasthan HC

Mukesh Singh Son of Shri Dashrath Singh Vs State of Rajasthan (Rajasthan High Court) The Rajasthan High Court considered a batch of petitions raising two common legal questions: whether the State Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in Rajasthan has jurisdiction to register, investigate, and file charge-sheets under the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 against Central Government employees without prior consent or approval of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), and whether charge-sheets filed by the ACB in such cases are valid in law. The Court noted that these issues were raised by accused pe...