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  "id": 7776279,
  "title": "Only Prime Minister’s Office can grant sanction to prosecute IAS officers, Centre tells Madras High Court",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/only-prime-ministers-office-can-grant-sanction-to-prosecute-ias",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-16T11:04:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Hindu",
    "slug": "the-hindu",
    "url": "https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/tamil-nadu/only-prime-ministers-office-can-grant-sanction-to-prosecute-ias-officers-centre-tells-madras-high-court/article71471713.ece"
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  "summary": "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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