Cvc Thomas Case

• Pradeep Kumar sworn in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner

  Central Vigilance Commissioner, CVC, Palmolein case, PJ Thomas, Pradeep Kumar

• PJ Thomas seeks stay on new CVC's appointment

  Former Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas has appealed to President Pratibha Patil to wait for the outcome of his plea in court before the new CVC is appointed. In March this year, the Supreme Court declared that appointment of Thomas as India's CVC was invalid. Yesterday, Thomas filed a writ petition in Delhi High Court saying new the ...

• BJP demands apology from Prime Minister on CVC appointment

  Slamming Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on the issue of appointment of PJ Thomas as the Chief Vigilance Commissioner, which was quashed by the Supreme Court, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today demanded that he should explain the circumstances behind the appointment."The Prime Minister is duty-bound to tell whether there was an error of judgement...

• CVC case: Thomas may consider filing review petition, says his lawyer

  PJ Thomas' counsel, Wills Mathews, has indicated that Mr Thomas may consider filing a review petition against the Supreme Court order quashing his appointment as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). (Read: Who is PJ Thomas?) Speaking to PTI, Mr Mathews dismissed reports that Thomas has resigned and said that he would go through the judgement and...

• Who is PJ Thomas?

  Polayil Joseph Thomas, 60, has been in the eye of an unseemly storm for the last five months - a corruption case from years ago and an embarrassing question mark on his integrity came back to haunt him and the government that appointed him as the top man to look into corruption.  Ever since he was appointed Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)...

• HM's statement on Thomas an afterthought: Swaraj

  Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj today termed as an "after thought" Home Minister P Chidambaram's claim that he had not misled the CVC selection panel and his contention that the BJP leader was making "thoughtless allegations". "I have seen that (Chidambaram's) statement. I have to only say that if he knew the case was pendi...

• CVC Thomas case: 'Chidambaram did not reveal truth initially,' says Sushma Swaraj

  And Sushma Swaraj has responded. To P Chidambaram's rebuttal of her statement yesterday. The BJP-Government war of words on the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas continues. On Wednesday morning, Home Minister P Chidambaram fired a salvo taking "exception to the statement by Ms Sushma Swaraj that I had 'misled the Selectio...

• Chidambaram objects to Sushma's charge on CVC

  The latest salvo in the BJP-Government war of words on the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas comes from Home Minister P Chidambaram, who has issued another statement taking "exception to the statement by Ms Sushma Swaraj that I had 'misled the Selection Committee' and told the Committee that Shri Thomas had been 'acquitted'."&...

• Chidambaram responds to Sushma Swaraj: Full statement

  Here's the press statement released by Home Minister P Chidambaram on Sushma Swaraj's remarks in CVC PJ Thomas case:I take exception to the statement by Ms. Sushma Swaraj, Hon'ble Leader of the Opposition, that I had "misled the Selection Committee" and told the Committee that Shri Thomas had been "acquitted".  Actually, Ms. Swaraj is tying he...

• Sushma Swaraj on CVC case: Will not file affidavit

  Leader of Opposition Sushma Swaraj said on Tuesday that she will not file an affidavit in the case related to the appointment of Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas."The Home Minister has admitted that I raised Palmolein case in the meeting and recorded my disagreement precisely for this reason. Now there is no dispute on facts. Therefore, the...

• PJ Thomas refuses to quit as CVC, say sources

  PJ Thomas hasn't agreed to do the government the favour it desperately awaits. Sources say he has refused to quit as the country' s Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).The CVC cannot be dismissed, he has to be impeached by Parliament. So, the government is now hoping that the Supreme Court will nudge Mr Thomas out of office by rejecting his appointm...

• Supreme Court to decide on CVC Thomas today

  All eyes are on the Supreme Court as it is today holding the crucial hearing on the fate of controversial Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas.An NGO, Centre for Public Interest Litigation, and others had challenged Thomas' appointment as the CVC, quoting the Pamolein import corruption case in which Thomas is an accused and the trial is on at V...

• Setback for PJ Thomas: Court decides Palmolein case will go on

  In a setback for Central Vigilance Commissioner PJ Thomas the Supreme Court made it clear that the trial in the multicrore Palmolein import scam will go on.The trial had been stayed in the year 2007 based on a petition by former Kerala Chief Minister K Karunakaran as he wanted the charges against him quashed.But the Court today took note of the fac...

• More trouble for CVC Thomas as Kerala govt moves court

  Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) P J Thomas may be in for more trouble with the Kerala government moving the Supreme Court to lift its stay on proceedings against Thomas in the Palmolein case. This comes on a day when Thomas called for both punitive and preventive measures to tackle corruption."You know we have been concentrating on the public ...

• Supreme Court turns heat on Thomas

  There is pressure growing on Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas to quit. But he has dug his heels in, refusing to go. The case challenging his appointment comes up in Supreme Court on Monday.