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The Supreme Court on Thursday, December 6, reserved its order on a plea filed by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director Alok Verma and NGO Common Cause challenging the government’s decision to divest him of his charges. The Supreme Court said the essence of government action must be in the interest of the institution. Read More…
CBI Director Alok Verma, who has been divested of all duties by the Centre and sent on leave, told the Supreme Court on Thursday that he was appointed for a fixed tenure of two years and cannot even be transferred. Challenging the government’s decision, his counsel and senior advocate Fali S Nariman Read More…
At the outset, the alleged leak of Verma’s confidential response to the CVC’s findings on corruption charges against him irked the top court, which said none of “you deserve any hearing”. On the leak of Verma’s confidential reply in the media, the bench, without divulging the name of the “WIRE ” news portal, which allegedly Read More…
The Supreme Court on Monday deferred hearing a plea made by CBI director Alok Verma and put the matter for consideration on Friday in view of the delay in filing of an inquiry report by the Central Vigilance Commission. A bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul noted that the CVC Read More…
Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge Saturday moved the Supreme Court against the Centre’s decision of sending CBI director Alok Verma on leave, saying it was “illegal” and was in violation of the CBI Act. In his petition, Kharge, who is the leader of the Congress in Lok Sabha, said only the three-member committee of leader of Read More…
The Supreme Court ordered the Central Vigilance Commission to complete probe against CBI director Alok Verma under the supervision of former Supreme Court Judge AK Patnaik on Friday. In a major set back to ruling BJP government the top court also ordered that interim CBI boss Nageshwar Rao will only carry out ‘routine duties’ and Read More…