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Ratnagiri MLA Rajan Salvi and UBT leader’s nephew Durgesh Salvi faced a five-hour interrogation at the Thane Anti-Corruption Bureau office. The probe is linked to a case involving alleged disproportionate assets held by Rajan Salvi. Durgesh Salvi, the MLA's nephew, was called in for questioning on Tuesday. An ACB official confirmed that the inquiry lasted around five hours as scheduled.

Two income tax officers in Ahmedabad were sentenced to 3 years in jail and fined Rs 50,000 each for accepting a bribe. The court noted that corruption is widespread in India and that honest people are seen as foolish.

Orissa high court ruled that a man's wife cannot be accused of possessing disproportionate assets solely because assets are in her name. The court quashed the case against the wife in a corruption case due to lack of evidence and rejected the analogy of prosecuting every family member. She challenged the proceedings initiated against her for alleged abetment of the offence committed by her husband.

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Bombay high court on January 9 discharged a former AGM of Central Bank from a case under the prevention of corruption act and offences of cheating, forgery and criminal conspiracy registered by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in 2018 over an alleged Rs 17 crore loss to the bank's Peddar Road branch and head office, for want of any proof of connivance. The CBI case was that Arvind Sethi, as head of the branch, Mumbai main office of Central Bank of India had fraudulently processed and forwarded a loan proposal for Rs 5 crore without diligence “intentionally’’ to help the co-accused firms.

The two judges on the bench took contrasting stands on interpretation of Section 17A of the Prevention of the Corruption Act which talks about taking sanction before initiating proceedings against any public authority. Chandrababu Naidu was arrested on September 9 last year for allegedly misappropriating funds from the Skill Development Corporation when he was the chief minister in 2015.

The Bombay high court granted the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) time to reply to a fresh petition filed by Chanda Kochhar, former Managing Director and CEO of ICICI Bank. Kochhar questioned the validity of a prior sanction given by the Bank for her prosecution under the prevention of corruption act. She argued that the board flouted the procedure for granting sanction, rendering it invalid. Kochhar's petition highlighted that the sanction issued by ICICI Bank was without any application of mind and breached the Bank's statutory duties.

The Dindigul chief judicial magistrate granted custody to DVAC sleuths for the interrogation of Ankit Tiwari, an ED officer who was arrested for taking a 20 lakh bribe from a doctor. The court directed DVAC to produce Tiwari before the court on or before December 14. Tiwari had initially demanded 3 crore from the doctor, but later reduced it to 51 lakh and received 20 lakh on November 1. Tiwari's bail petition was dismissed due to the grave nature of the offense and the early stage of the investigation.

ACB apprehends Roshan Modi for taking a bribe on behalf of an FDA official in Thane. The trap set based on a complaint leads to a case under the prevention of corruption act.

Lieutenant Governor VK Saxena has given permission for an inquiry under the prevention of corruption act against a former sub-registrar accused of demanding bribes for registering documents. The accused officer, Yogesh Gaur, allegedly withheld documents until bribes were paid and kept his office open during late hours without permission. The Anti-Corruption Branch sought permission to investigate the complaints, which led to the approval by the LG.

The Enforcement Directorate has taken retired Chhattisgarh IAS officer Anil Tuteja into custody in connection with an alleged Rs 2,000 crore liquor scam linked to a money laundering case in the state. Anil Tuteja, who retired from his position last year, was arrested under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) after being interrogated by the Enforcement Directorate.

The Supreme Court of India has reserved its verdict on whether members of Parliament (MPs) and members of Legislative Assemblies (MLAs) enjoy immunity from prosecution for accepting bribes. A seven-judge bench is reconsidering a 1998 judgment that granted MPs and MLAs immunity in bribery cases related to making speeches or voting in the legislature.

The Bombay high court has stated that an alleged bribe of Rs 100 in 2007 for a medical certificate is too small to warrant criminal proceedings under the prevention of corruption act. The court upheld the acquittal of a rural hospital doctor in 2012, stating that departmental proceedings could have been initiated instead.

The Supreme Court in India will continue hearing the petition of Satyendar Jain, a leader of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), who is facing a money laundering case. The Enforcement Directorate has accused Jain of seeking repeated adjournments in the trial court by citing his pending bail plea before the apex court.