# Supreme Court seeks fresh CBI status report in Arunachal contracts case 2026-08-24T16:48:16+00:00 | Governance | Indian Opinion Desk Corroboration: 3 independent outlets The Supreme Court on Monday asked the CBI to file a fresh status report on its preliminary enquiry into allegations of preferential allotment of contracts in Arunachal Pradesh to firms linked to Chief Minister Pema Khandu's family. The court gave the state government two weeks to place its stand on record. The Arunachal Pradesh government, through Solicitor General Tushar Mehta, told the bench it had handed over all documents to the CBI. The CBI had alleged in a previous status report that the state was not cooperating. The court also agreed to hear a separate plea on the issue and directed the state to file a counter affidavit if needed. The apex court had in April directed the CBI to register a preliminary enquiry into the matter. The enquiry will cover contracts worth an estimated Rs 1,270 crore awarded from 2015 to 2025. The next hearing is awaited. ## Indian Opinion Analysis Assamtribune.com's reporting is straightforward wire-style neutral-report, leading with the court's fresh directive and the state's compliance claim. It gives the CBI's non-cooperation allegation its own sentence but does not foreground either side's narrative. The story omits the petitioner's call for registering a regular case and any detail on the firms involved. The balanced reading is that the court is moving methodically: it has ordered a fresh status report, which will clarify whether the CBI now considers the state cooperative. The next status report will determine if the enquiry escalates to a full investigation. ## Coverage Coverage: 3 sources, 1 neutral - assamtribune.com (neutral report) Wire-style reporting, leads with court direction, gives both sides without slant - tribuneindia.com - theindiantribal.com This story was synthesised by AI from the 3 sources linked above. Updated: this story now draws on 3 sources. Last updated 2026-08-24T17:06:26+00:00. Tags: Arunachal Pradesh, CBI, Pema Khandu, Save Mon Region Federation, Supreme Court, Voluntary Arunachal Sena Canonical: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-seeks-fresh-cbi-report-on-arunachal-contract-row/ License: Summary and commentary (c) Indian Opinion, reusable with attribution. Facts belong to the linked sources. Cite: https://indianopinion.org/supreme-court-seeks-fresh-cbi-report-on-arunachal-contract-row/#story-in-brief How this brief was made: an AI model read the reports linked above and wrote this summary and analysis, which were published automatically. Published briefs are sampled every hour by an automated quality check; the editor verifies its findings and approves corrections, and corrected briefs carry a dated correction line. Stance labels are editorial classifications of how each outlet framed this story, assigned by the same model, not ratings of the outlets. We do no original reporting. Methodology: https://indianopinion.org/ai-use-policy/