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Prior approval for corruption inquiries into official decisions under the Prevention of Corruption Act, inserted in 2018.
A reel attributed to former interim CBI chief M. Nageswara Rao alleges the Modi government changed the law to shield itself from future investigations. Section 17A really did place an approval barrier before certain corruption probes, and Supreme Court judges split over its validity in 2026. The claim about the government's motive remains unproven.
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