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Only Prime Minister’s Office can grant sanction to prosecute IAS officers, Centre tells Madras High Court
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from The Hindu · South Asia
Justice N. Anand Venkatesh records the submission and grants two months’ time to obtain sanction against IAS officers K.S. Kandasamy and K. Vijaya Karthikeyan in the ₹98.25-crore corporation tender irregularities case against former AIADMK Minister S.P. Velumani
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