Mukesh Ranjan
Tribune News Service
New Delhi, May 25
Chief Justice of India (CJI) NV Ramana had invoked a 15-year-old Supreme Court’s verdict, which says a person having less than six months
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Satya Prakash
New Delhi, April 5
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to consider holding a meeting of the selection committee for the appointment of a regular CBI Director before May 2, saying the interim arrangement can’t go on.
“The in-charge arrangements for CBI director cannot go on. There is a point in what Mr (Prashant) Bhushan says”, Justice Nageswara Rao told Attorney General KK Venugopal after the top law officer said the selection committee meeting was likely to take place on May 2.
However, the Bench told the government to hold it earlier and posted the matter for further hearing next Friday.
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New Delhi [India], April 5 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday asked the central government to consider convening a meeting of the selection committee comprising the Chief Justice of India, the Prime Minister and the Leader of Opposition (LoP) before May 2 for the appointment of a regular Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director.
A bench of Justice L Nageswara Rao and Justice Vineet Saran asked the Centre to consider convening the meeting earlier after Attorney General KK Venugopal told the court that the meeting is likely to be convened on May 2. Take instructions why can you not hold the meeting earlier.Do it early instead of May 2, said the Bench, while posting the matter for hearing on April 16.
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the central government to consider convening a meeting of the selection committee comprising the Chief Justice of India, the Prime Minister and the Leader of Opposition (LoP) before May 2 for the appointment of a regular Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director.
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