NEW DELHI: The Centre informed the Supreme Court on Monday that a meeting of the high-powered committee comprising the PM, the Chief Justice of India and the leader of the largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha to select the new director of CBI has been scheduled on May 2.
A PIL by NGO Common
Cause through Prashant Bhushan took exception to attorney general K K Venugopal’s statement and accused the Centre of attempting to bypass CJI S A Bobde and take the next CJI, Justice N V Ramana, in the panel for selecting the new CBI director. Bobde retires on April 23.
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New Delhi:
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) will have no director for now after its current chief RK Shukla s term ends today. Sources say a high-powered committee led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will decide on a new candidate soon and until then, the country s top investigating agency will have an acting chief.