P J Thomas

BJP today attacked Rahul Gandhi after he disapproved of the move by Congress government in Maharashtra to reject the Adarsh scam report, saying such "hypocrisy" of talking about corruption occasionally will not help his party in the Lok Sabha polls.

Former CVC P J Thomas today withdrew from the Delhi High Court his plea for direction to the Rashtrapati Bhawan to decide his representation against the Supreme Court order sacking him. "I seek to withdraw my petition," Wills Mathews, the counsel for Thomas told Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, seeking to withdraw his plea from the court.

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)...

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today declined to comment on Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's charge that she was making "thoughtless allegations" on the issue of P J Thomas' appointment as the Central Vigilance Commissioner."The matter is pending in the Supreme Court. It is not proper for me to comment on the matter," she told reporters here.Ch...

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...

The government has made its stand clear on why PJ Thomas was selected as the country's Central Vigilance Commissioner. Home Minister P Chidambaram defended the appointment today. The Supreme Court has questioned why Mr Thomas was picked as the country's senior-most officer in charge of fighting corruption despite the fact that he had been chargeshe...

The government ran into another controversy today over its latest stand on the appointment of PJ Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).In the Supreme Court today, the government was asked if papers related to the chargesheet against Mr. Thomas in an edible oil scam were circulated among the three-members of the committee that appointed Mr....

Controversial bureaucrat P J Thomas today opposed the petition in the Supreme Court seeking his removal as Central Vigilance Commissioner saying he was a person of "impeccable integrity" and became a "victim of political battle".     In his affidavit, the CVC expressed gratitude to the apex court for giving him opportunity to re...

A day after the government defended the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas in the Supreme Court calling him a person of impeccable integrity, the BJP has hit out at the Prime Minister over Thomas' appointment.Addressing a press conference today, BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government is trying to defend a tainted CVC. He al...

Today could be the last day at work for Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas. Sources have told NDTV that he may step down ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on Monday when it is slated to take up a Public Interest Litigation against his appointment. Though Thomas has been maintaining that there was no corruption charge against him and hi...

Speaking to NDTV, former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee called the controversial appointment of PJ Thomas as the head of the vigilance commission a mistake.Yesterday, the Supreme Court too expressed its discomfort in Thomas' appointment as the CVC. "We are concerned that if a person is an accused in a criminal case how will he function as CVC?" the...

His appointment was controversial right from the start - the BJP vehemently opposed PJ Thomas being made the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). Now, the Supreme Court has expressed its discomfort."We are concerned that if a person is an accused in a criminal case how will he function as CVC?" the court said. The government has submitte...

Senior IAS officer P J Thomas was on Tuesday sworn-in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner amid a boycott by main Opposition BJP which has been objecting to his appointment to the post in view of his alleged tainted background.Thomas, the Telecom Secretary till now, was administered the oath of office by President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati...

BJP today attacked Rahul Gandhi after he disapproved of the move by Congress government in Maharashtra to reject the Adarsh scam report, saying such "hypocrisy" of talking about corruption occasionally will not help his party in the Lok Sabha polls.

Former CVC P J Thomas today withdrew from the Delhi High Court his plea for direction to the Rashtrapati Bhawan to decide his representation against the Supreme Court order sacking him. "I seek to withdraw my petition," Wills Mathews, the counsel for Thomas told Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, seeking to withdraw his plea from the court.

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)...

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today declined to comment on Union Home Minister P Chidambaram's charge that she was making "thoughtless allegations" on the issue of P J Thomas' appointment as the Central Vigilance Commissioner."The matter is pending in the Supreme Court. It is not proper for me to comment on the matter," she told reporters here.Ch...

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...

The government has made its stand clear on why PJ Thomas was selected as the country's Central Vigilance Commissioner. Home Minister P Chidambaram defended the appointment today. The Supreme Court has questioned why Mr Thomas was picked as the country's senior-most officer in charge of fighting corruption despite the fact that he had been chargeshe...

The government ran into another controversy today over its latest stand on the appointment of PJ Thomas as Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC).In the Supreme Court today, the government was asked if papers related to the chargesheet against Mr. Thomas in an edible oil scam were circulated among the three-members of the committee that appointed Mr....

Controversial bureaucrat P J Thomas today opposed the petition in the Supreme Court seeking his removal as Central Vigilance Commissioner saying he was a person of "impeccable integrity" and became a "victim of political battle".     In his affidavit, the CVC expressed gratitude to the apex court for giving him opportunity to re...

A day after the government defended the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas in the Supreme Court calling him a person of impeccable integrity, the BJP has hit out at the Prime Minister over Thomas' appointment.Addressing a press conference today, BJP spokesman Ravi Shankar Prasad said the government is trying to defend a tainted CVC. He al...

Today could be the last day at work for Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) PJ Thomas. Sources have told NDTV that he may step down ahead of the Supreme Court hearing on Monday when it is slated to take up a Public Interest Litigation against his appointment. Though Thomas has been maintaining that there was no corruption charge against him and hi...

Speaking to NDTV, former Attorney General Soli Sorabjee called the controversial appointment of PJ Thomas as the head of the vigilance commission a mistake.Yesterday, the Supreme Court too expressed its discomfort in Thomas' appointment as the CVC. "We are concerned that if a person is an accused in a criminal case how will he function as CVC?" the...

His appointment was controversial right from the start - the BJP vehemently opposed PJ Thomas being made the Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC). Now, the Supreme Court has expressed its discomfort."We are concerned that if a person is an accused in a criminal case how will he function as CVC?" the court said. The government has submitte...

Senior IAS officer P J Thomas was on Tuesday sworn-in as the new Central Vigilance Commissioner amid a boycott by main Opposition BJP which has been objecting to his appointment to the post in view of his alleged tainted background.Thomas, the Telecom Secretary till now, was administered the oath of office by President Pratibha Patil at Rashtrapati...