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PM CARES में 2900 Cr का घोटाला? Rs 2,913 Crore From Government Firms to Modi’s PM CARES Fund  https://youtu.be/iQUL4NSlE_Q?t=64  Apr 25, 2023

PM CARES Fund Not A Fund Of Government Of India, Cannot Be Labelled ‘Public Authority’: PMO To Delhi High Court Nupur Thapliyal 31 Jan 2023 https://www.livelaw.in/news-updates/pm-cares-fund-public-authority-rti-act-parliament-govt-pmo-delhi-high-court-220299

Rs 2,913 Crore From Government Firms to Modi’s PM CARES Fund: Report https://thewire.in/politics/rs-2913-crore-from-government-firms-to-modis-pm-cares-fund-report Government-run firms accounted for 59.3% donations that listed entities made to a private fund run by PM Modi, as per Business Standard. The bulk of the amount seems to have come from corporate India’s CSR budgets in its first year.

scrutiny over CSR spending gains increased significance because of the new norms that were amended by the government in September 2022. These amended norms limit the amount of information that companies have to put out in their annual reports on CSR spends.

The status of PM CARES has been controversial for its nature and the lack of transparency around it. The PMO had told the Delhi high court in January that PM CARES is not a “public authority”.

 Out of 26 FIRs registered by Thane police in Maharashtra against opposition party members since Eknath Shinde came to power, 21 are in connection with social media posts which appear to criticise the new chief minister, Indian Express has reported. https://thewire.in/government/eknath-shinde-maharashtra-thane-police 

The Indian Express report notes that aside from Mungase, the 25 other Thane FIRs are all against members of the Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray faction, Nationalist Congress Party or Congress.

Most of these include the section 153 (A) of the Indian Penal Code which accuses an individual of promoting enmity between different groups.

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Section 27 Evidence Act Statement Not Liable To Be Rejected Merely Because It Was Recorded In A Language Not Known To Accused Through Translator  https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/section-27-evidence-act-statement-not-liable-to-be-rejected-merely-because-it-was-recorded-in-a-language-not-known-to-accused-through-translator-supreme-court-226980.. the ultimate test would be whether the statement was noted down as told by the accused. When the statement is being recorded in the language not known to the accused, the assistance of interpreter if taken by the police cannot be found fault with.