Vyapam Scam

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to a medical practitioner, who also claimed to be a whistleblower in the sensational Vyapam scam, in a case of alleged violence during a protest in Madhya Pradesh. A bench of Chief Justice DY Chandrachud and Justice PS Narasimha took note of the submissions made by senior advocates Kapil Sibal and Vivek Tankha that accused Anand Rai, an ophthalmologist, is in jail for the last 60 days in connection with a criminal case lodged under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. "This man is an ophthalmologist. He says he is also the whistleblower in the Vyapam scam. The allegation is that he was part of a mob which attacked the (district) collector. How long will you keep him in jail?" the bench asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, who appeared in the matter on behalf of the Madhya Pradesh government. It also took note of the fact that the chargesheet has not been

A special court sentenced five people to seven years jail term for rigging a Pre-Medical Test (PMT) conducted by MP Professional Examination Board in 2009, known by its Hindi acronym Vyapam

The FIR against Rai has been lodged in March this year by Laxman Singh Markam, an Under Secretary level officer who is working as an officer with the Chief Minister's office in Madhya Pradesh

The agency had registered the case against the accused on the allegations of impersonation in Pre Medical Test (PMT-2010) at Govt. PG College, Guna (Madhya Pradesh) which was conducted by Vyapam

CBI special court in Gwalior on Tuesday sentenced a candidate to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a Vyapam scam case related to taking admission in MBBS course through fraudulent means.

The CBI has filed a supplementary chargesheet against 73 accused persons for alleged cheating in the Madhya Pradesh Pre-Medical Test, 2012 held through Vyapam, officials said

A special CBI court here has framed charges against 33 accused, including four former officials of Vyapam

Mayawati demands CBI probe, Priyanka Vadra terms it as UP's Vyapam scam

It involved impersonation of candidates, copying, blank answer sheets and fake marks

In the past, Chouhan has denied his or his family's involvement in the Vyapam scam

Key documents related to the seven-year-old scam go missing from medical college in Gwalior

Vyapam is one of the biggest corruption cases in the country

The probe agency had written to the Madhya Pradesh government, seeking necessary action against these candidates

As per CBI sources, the charge sheet mentions names of 4 ex-VYAPAM officials, including the then director Pankaj Trivedi

Congress leader Digvijay Singh had alleged that the word "CM" found in the files in the computer of accused Nitin Mohindra was deleted or changed

2,100 persons were arrested in connection of this admission and recruitment racket

The agency has registered 170 FIRs in which 74 final reports have been filed

A charge sheet was filed against a solver, identified as Dilip Kumar Pathak, candidate Deshraj Singh and alleged middleman Suresh Jat

The hearing in the matter has been adjourned for six weeks