DVAC seeks govt’s sanction to initiate action against min
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai 04.10.2018
: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Wednesday informed the Madras high court that it had applied to the government for sanction to initiate prosecution against local administration minister S P Velumani based on the corruption complaint filed by DMK.
“In view of the amendment made to the Prevention of Corruption Act on July 26, state’s sanction for initiating prosecution against a public servant is mandatory. The complaint has been filed in September and the same has been forwarded to the government for obtaining sanction. On receipt of such sanction, further course of action would be initiated by DVAC,” advocate general Vijay Narayan said.
Opposing the submission, N R Elango, senior counsel for DMK, said that since the government itself was accused in the present case, the sanction for prosecution must be obtained from the governor and not the government.
In response, Narayan said that if the court permitted he was ready to argue on whether the sanctioning authority for the present case is governor or the government.
Recording the submissions, Justice A D Audikesavalu posted the plea to October 26 for further arguments.
On Monday, relying on more than 1,000 pages of documents to prove alleged corruption in government contracts awarded by Velumani, DMK's organising secretary, R S Bharathi, moved the court seeking to constitute a special investigation team to probe the case and alleged that the DVAC is unwilling to impartially and fully investigate his complaint against Velumani, which he filed on September
10.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Chennai 04.10.2018
: The Directorate of Vigilance and Anti-Corruption on Wednesday informed the Madras high court that it had applied to the government for sanction to initiate prosecution against local administration minister S P Velumani based on the corruption complaint filed by DMK.
“In view of the amendment made to the Prevention of Corruption Act on July 26, state’s sanction for initiating prosecution against a public servant is mandatory. The complaint has been filed in September and the same has been forwarded to the government for obtaining sanction. On receipt of such sanction, further course of action would be initiated by DVAC,” advocate general Vijay Narayan said.
Opposing the submission, N R Elango, senior counsel for DMK, said that since the government itself was accused in the present case, the sanction for prosecution must be obtained from the governor and not the government.
In response, Narayan said that if the court permitted he was ready to argue on whether the sanctioning authority for the present case is governor or the government.
Recording the submissions, Justice A D Audikesavalu posted the plea to October 26 for further arguments.
On Monday, relying on more than 1,000 pages of documents to prove alleged corruption in government contracts awarded by Velumani, DMK's organising secretary, R S Bharathi, moved the court seeking to constitute a special investigation team to probe the case and alleged that the DVAC is unwilling to impartially and fully investigate his complaint against Velumani, which he filed on September
10.
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