Arvind Gunasekar

This change will have a very significant impact on the ability of India’s apex investigating agency, once referred to as 'caged parrot'by the Supreme Court, to act upon private individuals. Previous ‘general consents’ given by states under Section 6 of DSPE Act had no mention of ‘private persons’.

While the order revoking the ban has been publicised, the file on which this order was based has been classified.

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Incidentally, the preliminary enquiry has been converted into an FIR as Aditya Birla Group moved to acquire India Cements to compete with Adani Group’s ACC.

The footage established his presence near the scene of crime, and a bluetooth device nailed his involvement, investigators say.

The CBI's decision to search the residence and office of the erstwhile NDTV promoter in 2017 was widely condemned as an attack on press freedom.

The anti-corruption ombudsman, however, clarified that the order did not constitute an opinion about the case at hand.

The CBI's investigation has found that there was no wrongdoing in the ICICI bank sanctioning a loan of Rs 375 crores to the Roys' firm

Notably, the constitutional amendment Bill make no reference to this needing the nod of half of the state legislatures, a proposition bound to stir the hornet's nest.

With this change, not all election-related papers can be inspected by the public.