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SC To Hear Plea Against Nageshwar Rao’s Appointment Next Week
Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi recused himself from hearing a plea challenging Nageshwar Rao’s appointment as the interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Monday, 21 January.
CBI officer AK Bassi has moved the Supreme Court challenging his transfer to Andaman and Nicobar Islands, reported News18.
Bassi has alleged that the transfer order seeks to prejudice the probe into allegations against Rakesh Asthana.
Bassi was transferred to Port Blair on 24 October by an order signed by interim CBI Director Nageshwar Rao.
In a major reshuffle, interim CBI Director Nageshwar Rao has transferred around 20 officers, including the investigation officer of the 2G scam case, Vivek Priyadarshi.
Priyadarshi, posted in the Anti Corruption Branch in Delhi, has been transferred to Chandigarh.
The transfer order, however, states that all the officers, who have been specially directed to supervise, investigate or inquire into any case or matter by any constitutional court, shall continue to do.
A Saravanan, who was probing the anti-Sterlite protests firing case in Tamil Nadu in which 13 people were killed, has been shifted to the banking, securities and frauds branch in Mumbai, which is handling the cases of loan default against diamond traders Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi, among others, the order said.
He will continue to investigate the anti-Sterlite protest case, it said.
Prem Gautam, posted in Special Unit of the CBI which does internal snooping on officers as a vigilance measure, has been relieved from the position. He will continue to probe economic offences and will also handle additional charge of the Deputy Director (Personnel), it said.
Gautam will be replaced by Ram Gopal, who has been transferred from the Special Crime branch in Chandigarh.
Senior Congress functionaries have told Hindustan Times that Opposition leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who is a part of the high-powered committee that will select the next CBI director on 24 January, will ensure that no candidate with any link or relationship with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) makes the cut.
“We are fine if the panel picks an officer of outstanding credibility and integrity. The officer should not have any truck with the current BJP leadership. The person should be judged only on the basis of his or her CV,” a Congress functionary told Hindustan Times.
The Prime Minister-led panel (Select Committee) will meet at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in New Delhi on Thursday, 24 January, for the appointment of a new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director.
Justice AK Sikri has recused himself from hearing the plea filed by an NGO challenging M Nageshwar Rao’s appointment as the interim CBI director and has asked for the matter to be listed tomorrow.
Senior advocate Dushyant Dave and Attorney General KK Venugopal told the bench that they have no objection if Justice Sikri hears the case, but the judge refused.
The Prime Minister-led panel (Select Committee) meeting at 7, Lok Kalyan Marg in Delhi to appoint the new director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has begun.
The meeting of the PM Modi-led High-Powered Committee to appoint a new director for the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has concluded. The announcement of the new CBI director is likely to made on Thursday, 24 January.
The meeting of Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led selection committee to decide on the next CBI chief remained inconclusive, officials said Thursday.
Sources have told The Quint that the panel has sought for more details on the candidates.
"A list of eligible officers along with their dossiers was shared with the panel members. But no decision has been taken so far," an official said requesting anonymity.
He said another meeting of the panel will be called soon to finalise the name.
The next meeting of the selection committee, headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to pick a new CBI director will take place on Friday, 1 February, said Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge, who is also member of the panel.
The last meeting of the panel took place on 24 January but it remained "inconclusive".
"The next meeting of the panel on selection of the CBI chief will take place on February 1 at around 6 PM," Kharge told reporters.
Justice NV Ramana recuses from hearing a plea of NGO Common Cause against M Nageswara Rao's appointment as interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). The plea had also sought transparency in the process of short-listing, selection and appointment of the CBI Director.
Supreme Court has dismissed a PIL challenging the former CBI Special Director Rakesh Asthana’s appointment as Director General of Bureau Of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS).
CBI Seeks Court Approval For Polygraph Tests of Manoj Prasad, Sana
A Public Interest Litigation (PIL) challenging the appointment of former CBI special director Rakesh Asthana as director general of Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) has been dismissed by the Supreme Court, The Times of India reported.
A bench headed by Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi questioned advocate ML Sharma to explain the PIL and how so many different issues, including keeping Asthana under suspension and making Parliament approval mandatory to remove the CBI director, be clubbed together.
The high-powered selection committee meeting to select the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will be held on Friday, 1 February.
The first meeting that had taken place on 24 January proved to be “inconclusive”.
The second meeting of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led panel on CBI chief's selection remained inconclusive, officials told PTI on Friday, 1 February.
The panel had earlier met on 24 January but could not decide on the CBI chief.
Madhya Pradesh’s Former Director General of Police IPS Rishi Kumar Shukla was appointed as the new director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday, 2 February.
A 1983-batch Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Shukla, took over as the 28th Director General of Madhya Pradesh Police in July 2016 but went on a leave in 2017 due to medical conditions. He was appointed as the chairman of MP Police housing board before taking over as the DGP and took this role up again after returning from his medical leave in 2018.
मध्यप्रदेश में डीजीपी रहते हुए जिस तरह आईपीएस श्री ऋषि कुमार शुक्ला ने पूरी ईमानदारी और निष्ठा से अपने कर्तव्य का निर्वहन किया, वह अनुकरणीय है। आज फिर आपको सीबीआई चीफ जैसे महत्वपूर्ण पद की जिम्मेदारी दी गई है। मुझे पूर्ण विश्वास है कि आप देश की आशाओं पर खरे उतरेंगे। शुभकामनाएं!
— ShivrajSingh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) February 2, 2019
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge sends dissent note on appointment of new CBI director.
As per ANI, in the note Kharge has expressed his objection over the appointment citing the officer's lack of experience in anti-corruption investigations.
Responding to Kharge’s note, Jitendra Singh, MoS PMO said, “Whatever is being said by him (Kharge) is totally unfounded and not based on facts. For the selection of CBI Director, a very objective criteria was followed.”
Singh also claimed that Kharge tried to "manipulate" the criteria with the ulterior motive of accommodating some of his preferred officers.
He also hit out at Kharge for "giving his own version" of the panel's deliberations to the media.
Singh said that CJI Ranjan Gogoi, who was part of the committee along with Modi and Kharge, had fully endorsed the objective criteria applied for selecting the head of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
A dissenter challenges the majority. He does it on the basis of a call of conscience dictated by his fair mind. He puts his dissent on record so that it can be of value to the wisdom of the future generations. A dissent should never be a political tool.
— Arun Jaitley (@arunjaitley) February 3, 2019
IPS Rishi Kumar Shukla is likely to take charge as the new CBI director on Monday, 4 February amid the ongoing tussle between the central investigating agency and the Kolkata police.
Rishi Kumar Shukla has reached the CBI headquarters in Delhi.
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