# List of scandals in India

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Judicial
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In local government
Mafia state
Malfeasance
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The following is a list of proven scandals in India since independence, including political, financial and corporate scandals. The year, or decade, is when the scandal was first reported.

## 1950s

* 1958 Mundhra scandal

## 1970s

* 1971 Nagarwala case

## 1980s

* 1985 Fodder scam
* 1987 Bofors scandal

## 1990s

* 1992 Indian stock market scam
* 1992 Stamp paper scam
* 1992 Ajmer rape case
* 1996 Disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa
* 1997 Tatra Truck scam
* 1997-2006 Jalgaon housing scam
* 1998 Anubhav Plantations
* Ice cream parlour sex scandal
* Purulia arms drop case
* Palmolein Oil Import Scam
* Hawala scandal
* SNC-Lavalin Kerala hydroelectric scandal

## 2000s
### 2000

* India-South Africa match fixing scandal

### 2001

* Operation West End
* Ketan Parekh
* Roshni Act corruption scandal

### 2002

* Stamp paper scam
* Best Bakery case
* Provident Fund
* Taj corridor case

### 2003

* Uttar Pradesh food grain scam
* JBT teacher recruitment scam

### 2004

* Manesar land scam

### 2005

* Scorpene deal scam

### 2006

* Ludhiana City Centre scam
* Navy war room leak case
* Fatwas for cash scandal

### 2008

* Hasan Ali Khan
* Indian Army ration scam
* 2G spectrum case
* Cash-for-votes scandal
* Operation Kamala

### 2009

* Deendayal Upadhyaya Trust land scam
* Satyam scandal

## 2010s
### 2011

* Housing-loan scam
* Concerns and controversies over the 2010 Commonwealth Games
* Adarsh Housing Society scam

### 2011

* Belekeri port scam

### 2012

* DIAL Scam
* Granite scam in Tamil Nadu
* Haryana Forestry case
* Indian coal allocation scam
* Karnataka Wakf Board Land Scam
* Maharashtra Irrigation Scam
* Uttar Pradesh NRHM scam
* Uttar Pradesh sand mining scandal
* National Herald corruption case
* 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder

### 2013

* Vyapam scam
* NSEL case
* Railway bribery scam
* 2013 Indian Premier League spot-fixing and betting case
* 2013 Mumbai gang rape
* 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots
* 2013 Kerala solar panel scam
* 2013 Indian helicopter bribery scandal
* Madhya Pradesh Scholarship scam
* Saradha Group financial scandal

### 2014

* Aavin scam
* Godi media.
* Siliguri Jalpaiguri Development Authority
* Gurugram Rajiv Gandhi Trust land grab case

### 2015

* Murder of Sandeep Kothari
* Lalit Modi case
* 2015 Cash for Vote Scam
* NSE co-location scam

### 2016

* Narada sting operation
* Freedom 251
* Fugitive Economic Offender
* Delta Meghwal rape case

### 2017

* 2017 Unnao rape case

### 2018

* Kathua rape case
* Punjab National Bank Scam: A fraudulent letter of undertaking worth ₹11,600 crore (US$1.77 billion) was issued at the Punjab National Bank branch in Brady House, Mumbai, making the bank liable for the amount. The fraudulent transactions, linked to Nirav Modi, were first noticed by a new employee of the bank. Two branch employees were involved in the scam, in which the bank's core banking system was bypassed to raise payment notes to overseas branches of other Indian banks (including Allahabad Bank, Axis Bank and Union Bank of India) with the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. Three jewellers (Gitanjali Group and its subsidiaries, Gili and Nakshatra) are also under investigation. Mehul Choksi is also accused in the scandal.

### 2019

* Karvy Scam
* INX Media case
* Hyderabad gang rape and murder case

## 2020s
### 2020

* Kerala gold smuggling scandal: On June 30, 2020, The customs officials at the airport detained diplomatic baggage from Dubai which turned out to be a consignment carrying illegal gold. This smuggling is alleged to have connection with top echelons of Kerala Government and is under probe by agencies such as National Investigation Agency, Enforcement Directorate etc.
* Republic TV TRP manipulation scam: In October 2020, Mumbai Police filed a charge sheet against India Today, News Nation, Republic TV, and multiple Marathi channels on grounds of manipulation of TRP.
* Bengaluru drug raids: In August and September Karnataka Police arrested and quizzed numerous actors and individuals working in Kannada cinema industry in connection with drug abuse and peddling.
* Hathras Gang Rape On 14 September 2020, a 19-year-old Dalit woman was allegedly gang-raped in Hathras district, Uttar Pradesh, India, by four upper caste men. She died two weeks later in a Delhi hospital.

### 2021

* Pegasus Snooping Scandal: An international investigative journalism initiative by the name of Pegasus Project that alleged that the Pegasus spyware was used on several individuals including ministers, opposition leaders, political strategists, judges, journalists, administrators and activists.
* Delhi liquour scam: A political scandal involving the Delhi Government's Excise Policy for 2021–2022, introduced by the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), and the subsequent legal investigations, including the arrests of senior AAP politicians in connection with the allegations.

### 2022

* West Bengal School Service Commission recruitment scam: On 23 July 2022, Education Minister of West Bengal and Secretary General of All India Trinamool Congress (ruling party of West Bengal State) Partha Chatterjee was arrested from his residence by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with the alleged State School Service Commission (SSC) recruitment scam cases along with his aide actress Arpita Mukherjee. He was admitted to SSKM Hospital after complaining of chest pains. Later, he was shifted to AIIMS Bhubaneswar where doctors said that he suffers from chronic diseases but does not need immediate hospitalization. He is currently in the custody of the Enforcement Directorate. As of 28 July 2022, the Enforcement Directorate has recovered ₹49.8 Crores cash, gold worth ₹5.07 Crores, ₹56 lakhs worth foreign currency and coded diaries from properties related to him and Arpita Mukherjee. On 28 July he was expelled from the cabinet Ministries he was in charge of and suspended from the TMC. On 5 August 2022, he and his aide Arpita Mukherjee were sent to jail custody. On 11 April 2024 it was revealed that 27,000 school teacher are fake which are not appeared in School Service commission in 2016 by Kolkata High Court. College service commission was also accused for seat selling (2015–2023) and Ph.D. (2015–2022) seat selling by Kalyani university's professors.

### 2023

* Adani Group scandal: In January 2023, Hindenburg Research revealed that it had short positions in India's Adani Group, alleged to be a close ally of Narendra Modi's administration, and flagged debt and accounting concerns. Concurrently, Hindenburg released a report claiming that Indian conglomerate Adani Group "has engaged in a brazen stock manipulation and accounting fraud scheme over the course of decades." Soon after the report's release, Adani Group companies experienced an acute decline in their share prices. In a follow-up piece, The Guardian indicated that Hindenburg called on the Adani Group to sue if they believed the report was inaccurate. By the end of February 2023, the group lost $150 billion in value. Gautam Adani's personal net worth came down as he fell from 3rd richest in the world to 30th richest within a month after the report was published. The opposition leaders called it the "biggest scam" and Modi has been criticized for his lack of reaction towards the scandal.

### 2024

* Mahadev Betting App Case: The Mahadev Betting App Case is a scandal involving an illegal online gambling platform that was used to launder money. The app was run by Dubai-based Saurabh Chandrakar and his accomplice Ravi Uppal, both of whom hail from Chhattisgarh.
* 2024 Pune Porsche hit and run case: Refers to the uproar caused when Vedant Agarwal the driver of the Porsche Taycan car was granted bail by the Juvenile Justice Board after killing two software engineers in Kalyani Nagar, Pune due to drunk driving.
* NEET 2024 Scam: Refers to the uproar caused by the sudden declaration of the NEET-UG 2024 results on 4 June 2024 ,10 days earlier than the originally scheduled date, coinciding with the day of the 2024 Indian general election result, amid allegations of irregularities and paper leaks.
* 2024 Kolkata rape and murder case.
* Ayodhya land scam- On June 10, 2024, major media house Indian Express published an investigative article which found that after the 2019 Supreme Court verdict in favour of Ram Temple there was 30 per cent rise in the number of land transactions in at least 25 villages in Ayodhya and adjoining Gonda and Basti districts that fall within a radius of 15 km of the temple. Many of these land deals were linked to politicians, senior officials and their relatives. The investigation also revealed that the administration did not revise the land circle rates for the past 7 years even after the Supreme Court's verdict although rates have been revised in the adjoining districts.

### 2025

* NAAC rating bribery case: On 1 February 2025, the Central Bureau of Investigation detained the chairman and six members of a National Assessment and Accreditation Council Inspection Committee on charges of accepting bribes in exchange for a favorable NAAC rating.