SC quashes removal of CBI Director Alok Verma: A timeline of events

SC quashes removal of CBI Director Alok Verma: A timeline of events The Supreme Court had reserved the order on Verma's plea on December 6

Current Affairs: The Supreme court will pronounce on Tuesday its verdict on a plea by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma and NGO Common Cause challenging the government's decision to divest him of his charge to act as head of the investigating agency in the intervening night of October 23-24.

While reserving the order on Verma's plea on December 6, the bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Justice K.M. Joseph had questioned if government action was "proportionate" to the allegations against him.

CBI vs CBI timeline: Here is what happened between Rakesh Asthana and Alok Verma September 20, 2018: The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) initiates a fact-finding probe against CBI Director Alok Verma based on a complaint filed by Rakesh Asthana. In his complaint, Asthana alleged that Verma had sought to impede his functioning, interfere in investigations and malign his reputation on the basis of unverified facts. He also claimed that Verma had asked him to call off planned raids against RJD supremo Lalu Prasad in Patna the previous year at the eleventh hour when raiding teams were already in place. According to the ET report, Asthana's complaint against Verma was first made to the government, which then referred the matter to the CVC after detailed consultations.

September 21, 2018: CBI says Rakesh Asthana's complaint to the CVC against its chief Alok Verma is "malicious" and "frivolous". It terms the complaint against the CBI chief by Asthana as 'intimidation' of officers probing the former's role in at least six cases.

September 24: Alok Verma, senior CBI officials met Central Vigilance Commissioner K V Chowdary and submitted some...read more

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