The Supreme Court today (October 30, 2018) directed the Hyderabad Police to provide adequate security to businessman Satish Sana, whistleblower and complainant in the alleged bribery case against CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana.
A Bench of
Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and
Justices U.U. Lalit and
K.M. Joseph took up a plea filed by Sana on October 29, 2018, through advocate K. Parameshwar, seeking police protection and a stay on the notice issued by CBI summoning him for interrogation. The Bench, however, refused to stay CBI summons against Sana and also rejected his plea for recording of his statement in presence of retired former SC judge A.K. Patnaik.
Satish Sana had contended that Asthana accepted a bribe of Rs. 2 Crore by way of consideration for giving Sana a clean chit in the case relating to meat trader Moin Qureshi, resulting in the registration of an FIR against Asthana.
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Jharkhand Govt. Withdraws ‘General Consent’ Granted to CBI to Investigate Cases in the State [READ ORDER]
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Nov 07, 2020
Pavitra Shetty
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The Jharkhand government, headed by Chief Minister Hemant Soren, has withdrawn the general consent given to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for conducting probes in the state.Under Section 6 of the Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946, the CBI requires the permission of the state government if it wants to investigate something there. The general consent is the indication that the CBI can visit the state and investigate any matter.If the general consent is...
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