Latest Anti-Corruption Laws News & Updates

New Delhi, July 13 (IANS) A public interest litigation (PIL) has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking directions to the Centre and state governments to formulate a “Standard Questionnaire” and a “Special Investigation Procedure” to ensure time-bound investigation and speedy trial of paper leak cases across the country.The plea, filed by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay under Article 32 of the Constitution, also sought directions for assessment and confiscation of the movable and immovable prop…

Mumbai, May 9 (IANS) The Shiv Sena, led by Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray, on Saturday said that if India truly aspires to become a “Vishwaguru” or a “Viksit Bharat”, it must first shut down what it described as a “washing machine” that sanitises the corrupt.In an editorial published in the party mouthpiece Saamana, the Thackeray camp said corruption remains the country’s biggest enemy and those who cling to power by surrounding themselves with corrupt individuals have no moral authori…