CVC recommends disciplinary action against ex-CBI boss Alok Verma
Explaining the action, the source said that Verma may lose his retirement benefits as per the rules.
Explaining the action, the source said that Verma may lose his retirement benefits as per the rules.
Along with Verma, the personal telephone numbers of his wife, daughter and son-in-law would eventually get placed on the list too, making it a total of 8 numbers from this one family. Two other senior CBI officials, Asthana and A.K. Sharma were also in the list, said The Wire report
Petition filed by NGO Common Cause has challenged the Central government's 10 January order appointing M Nageswara Rao as the interim director of CBI
The NGO contended that the Selection Committee has been completely bypassed by the union government which has arbitrarily, without any jurisdiction, appointed Rao as interim Director on January 10.
"It is clear that after acting as an ambassador, after lobbying for Asthana, doing advocacy for him, the CVC is writing a report which is the entire basis for the committee's decision," said Singhvi.
In a tweet, Mufti said, “Time for the Central government to stop misusing its influence to arm-twist investigative agencies like (the) NIA and CBI for political vendetta."
Apex court says any further decision against Verma will be taken by the high-powered committee that selects and appoints CBI Director
The last PM to grace the premises of the apex court was Jawaharlal Nehru who inaugurated the building. But this was not the only surprise Modi sprung on the judges.
Explaining on behalf of the government, Solicitor General Tushar Mehta told the top court that the CVC had come to the conclusion that an extraordinary situation had arisen which needed an extraordinary remedy.
The government asserted that it was forced to strip Alok Verma and Rakesh Asthana of their duties and send them on leave 'in the larger public interest to ensure institutional integrity'.
