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The Supreme Court (today on May 02) heard the Unions preliminary objection to the maintainability of the original suit filed by the State of West Bengal in 2021 alleging that the Central Bureau of ...

Ten states, including Tamil Nadu and Telangana, have withdrawn general consent to the CBI to investigate cases in their respective jurisdictions, the Lok Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

A Parliamentary panel emphasized the urgent need for a new law to grant wider powers to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate crucial cases without state consent. The panel highlighted that withdrawal of general consent by nine states has severely limited CBIs investigative powers, potentially leading to corruption and organized crime.

2014 verdict striking down DSPE Act provision providing immunity to officers will have retrospective effect: Supreme Court

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Monday held that its 2014 order striking down Section 6A of Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, under which.

Former IAS officer accused of corruption, Babulal Agrawal, has approached the court saying that the CBI has not been granted consent by the state government.

The Court held that the order, despite mentioning the word 'sanction', was a simple executive order granting consent and hence, did not require application of mind.

All eight states which had previously revoked this consent had been ruled by opposition parties. Meghalaya is ruled by the National People's Party, an ally of BJP.

The Lok Sabha has passed the Delhi Special Police (Amendment) Bill 2021 and Central Vigilance Commission (Amendment) Bill, 2021, that seek to extend the tenure of Director of CBI and ED upto 5 years.

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a Counter-Affidavit in the plea filed by West Bengal Government challenging order of the Calcutta High Court whereby it allowed CBI to investigate ...