CBI vs CBI case: In blow to Modi govt, SC orders Alok Verma's reinstatement

CBI vs CBI case: In blow to Modi govt, SC orders Alok Verma's reinstatement In a midnight move in October, the Union government had asked Alok Verma to go on leave following a public spat with his deputy and special CBI director Rakesh Asthana

Current Affairs: Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday ruled in favour of deposed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Alok Verma. The court ordered the government to reinstate him in his position as CBI director. The apex court said, "Statute would have spelt out if interim measures against CBI Director were permissible."

The SC ordered that the High Power Committee under DSPE Act has to act within a week to consider his case. Meanwhile, Alok Verma has to be reinstated. Alok Verma shall cease and desist from taking any major policy decision until the Committee takes a decision, the court said.

The court needed to consider competence of CVC, without the nod of the selection panel, said Justice S K Kaul while reading out the verdict, authored by Justice Gogoi.

The word "transfer" cannot be given normal meaning. It has to be understood as encompassing acts, which affect the functioning of CBI Director, said the Supreme Court.

Verma had filed a plea in the Supreme Court and sought the quashing of three orders passed on October 23, 2018. Two orders had been passed by the...read more

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