Articles tagged with: whistleblowers
Gov't watering down whistleblower protection bill until there's little more than RTI activism left, complains RTI activist
The government is seeking to amend the Whistleblower Protection Act passed during the Congress-led UPA regime by introducing 10 categories of exemptions. The amendment Bill has already been passed by Lok Sabha in the Budget session and faced the ire of opposition parties for introducing exemptions, ...
Parliament today & last week: A black money tax bill passed, whistleblowers tabled (after GST, Juve Justice, Pecuniary & more)
PRS Legislative Research Trina Roy reports: Today Lok Sabha today passed the Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets (Imposition of Tax) Bill, 2015 . The Bill penalizes the concealment of foreign income, and provides for criminal liability for attempting to evade tax in relation to foreign income. At ...
Essar, busted for buttering up neta VIPs in leaked emails, threatens journalists with jail for 'receiving stolen property'
Documents leaked to the Indian Express revealed that the Essar Group allegedly regularly identified and treated important politicians to luxury yacht trips with the company’s promoters, perks and gifts, while also allegedly earmarking jobs at Essar for referrals coming via VIPs. Several politicians ...
Centre for PIL top lawyers brave SC order, decide to guard whistleblower's identity
The NGO Centre for Public Interest Litigation (CPIL), represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, today declined to name the whistleblower who disclosed the alleged interference by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Ranjit Sinha in the 2G investigation and prosecution after meeting the acc...