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The Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 is the law under which bribery by public servants is prosecuted.
17 storiesLatest 16 Sept 2026, 17:40 IST
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The Supreme Court declined to disturb a Delhi High Court ruling that former NSE chief Chitra Ramkrishna is a public servant, letting the CBI co-location case proceed to trial.
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The Supreme Court granted interim bail on 5 August 2026 to Anwar Dhebar, named in a Chhattisgarh EOW/ACB FIR alleging commissions were extracted from CSMCL manpower agencies.
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The Andhra Pradesh High Court on 6 March 2025 granted bail to a NAAC member accused in the CBI case alleging bribery for an inflated A++ accreditation grade at KLEF, Guntur.
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The CBI registered an FIR on 30 June 2025 alleging bribery for favourable NMC medical-college inspections; a Telangana High Court order records the case, and the ED has since opened a linked probe.
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The Delhi High Court on 8 October 2024 declined to quash the CBI chargesheet against an EPFO officer in the Kandivali provident-fund case, holding there was enough material to proceed to trial.
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The CBI has registered a case against 37 accused and arrested 13 across seven states in Operation Chakra-V, alleging a mule-account network used by cyber-fraud syndicates; the probe continues.
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After the Kerala government granted sanction, the CBI has pressed Prevention of Corruption Act charges against two former KSCDC officials over raw-cashew import tenders.
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The Madras High Court set aside the 2018 discharge of Dayanidhi and Kalanithi Maran and others; the Special CBI Court framed charges and the trial is ongoing, with no verdict yet.
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The Allahabad High Court granted bail to a former UPPCL Managing Director in a CBI case alleging Rs 2,267.90 crore of employees' provident-fund savings was diverted into DHFL fixed deposits; trial pending.
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The Delhi High Court has directed the EPFO to release Rs 86 lakh in provident-fund dues to a member the court treated as a victim of a forged withdrawal claim, while a CBI chargesheet awaits trial.
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The Delhi High Court has refused to quash the CBI chargesheet against three EPFO officials accused of settling 91 bogus provident-fund claims worth Rs 2.71 crore; trial is pending.
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The Chhattisgarh High Court granted retired IAS officer Anil Tuteja bail in the EOW's Rs 140 crore custom milling incentive case and criticised the prosecution's evidence. The trial has not begun and the allegations are unproven.
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A CBI Special Court in Haryana discharged the M3M, IREO and Vatika promoters and a former judge on 21 April 2026, finding insufficient evidence to frame charges in the 2023 corruption case.
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The Andhra Pradesh SIT alleges around Rs 3,500 crore in liquor kickbacks and has chargesheeted MP P V Midhun Reddy; the High Court denied him anticipatory bail on 15 July 2025. The charges are unproven.
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A Special CBI Court in Bengaluru convicted an EPFO assistant on 19 June 2026 under the Prevention of Corruption Act for taking UPI bribes to settle PF claims, and jailed him for three years.
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A Special Judge in Delhi convicted seven accused on 6 June 2026 over 175 bogus EPFO pension claims worth Rs 87.17 lakh; three co-accused died during the 22-year-old trial.
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A Special CBI Court in Ahmedabad has convicted a former Indian Overseas Bank branch manager and a private person, sentencing each to three years in a Rs 2.60 crore agricultural-loan fraud case.
