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Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi has recused himself from hearing a plea challenging M Nageswara Rao’s appointment as interim director of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI). He has said that the petition should be heard by a court number 2 presided by justice AK Sikri. Seeking transparency in the process of short-listing, selection Read More…
Two days after Alok Kumar Verma was removed from the post of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director, two top judges related to the investigation against Verma have reportedly given contrary views. Serving Supreme Court judge Justice AK Sikri, representative of the Chief Justice of India in high power selection panel, reportedly claimed there Read More…
The Madras high court on Saturday granted Nalini Chidambaram, wife of former finance minister P Chidambaram, interim protection from arrest by the Central Bureau of Investigation in the Saradha chit fund case till she obtains an anticipatory bail from a jurisdictional court in West Bengal. Justice GK Illanthiraiyan passed the interim order at a Read More…
Alok Verma, the first CBI director to be removed by a PM-led panel, refused to take up his next assignment and resigned from service on Friday. Verma, who was not allowed to represent before the three-member committee, said “natural justice was scuttled and the entire process was turned upside down in ensuring that the Read More…
Center Modi government handpicked CBI Additional Director Rakesh Asthana suffered a major setback on Friday as the Delhi High Court refused to quash an FIR against him on bribery allegations while setting a 10-week deadline to complete investigations. The high court order also rejected his contention that the FIR was registered because of “mala Read More…
Alok Verma was Thursday removed unceremoniously as the CBI director after a panel led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi found that he had not been functioning with integrity expected of him. Verma, whose fixed tenure of two years was to end on January 31, is the first chief in the 55-years of the CBI’s Read More…
Alok verma is 1979-batch AGMUT cadre IPS officer, Verma arrived the headquarters at around 10.40 am Wednesday, a day after the Supreme Court set aside a controversial government order divesting him of all powers, amidst unprecedented public spat with Special Director Rakesh Asthana, who was booked by the agency under corruption charges. Returning to Read More…
The Supreme Court on Tuesday pronounced its verdict on CBI Director Alok Kumar Verma’s plea against the Centre’s decision to divest him of powers and sending him on leave. SC has quashed both CVC and DoPT’s order. Verma has sought quashing of three orders of October 23, 2018 one by the Central Vigilance Commission Read More…
The order accessed by PTI shows that Murugesan, who was deputed by Director (in-charge) M Nageswara Rao to lead the investigation against Asthana, was transferred as part of efforts to give an “impetus to expeditious completion of coal scam cases”. The order also says that Murugesan was “bogged down” by additional charge of Joint Read More…
Consensus reached among opposition parties that the assault on institutions such as the RBI must be stopped, Congress president Rahul Gandhi said on Monday following the resignation of the central bank’s governor Urjit Patel. Rahul Gandhi’s remarks came after top leaders of over a dozen opposition parties met in New Delhi as part Read More…