Monday, 7 January 2019

SC reinstates Alok Verma as CBI Director: Opposition goes after PM, govt

The court needed to consider competence of CVC, without the nod of the selection panel, said Justice S K Kaul while reading out the verdict, authored by Justice Gogoi
Supreme Court
Latest News|In a major blow to the NDA government, a Supreme Court Bench led by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi on Tuesday ruled in favour of deposed Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Alok Verma. The apex court ordered the government to reinstate Alok Verma in his position as CBI director. The apex court said, “Statute would have spelt out if interim measures against CBI Director were permissible.”
The SC ordered that the High Power Committee under DSPE Act has to act within a week to consider his case. Meanwhile, Alok Verma has to be reinstated. Alok Vermashall cease and desist from taking any major policy decision until the Committee takes a decision, the court said…
Here are some of the reactions to the development
On SC’s verdict on Alok Verma plea, Mallikarjun Kharge of Congress said: We’re not against one individual, welcome SC’s judgement, it’s a lesson for govt. Today you’ll use these agencies to pressurise people, tomorrow somebody else will, What will happen to democracy then?
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal tweeted: SC reinstating CBI director Alok Verma is a direct indictment of the PM. Modi govt has ruined all institutions and democracy in our country. Wasn’t CBI director illegally removed at midnight to stall the probe in Rafale scam which directly leads to PM himself?
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