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

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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CBI vs CBI case: In blow to Modi govt, SC orders Alok Verma’s reinstatement

In a midnight move in October, the Union government had asked Alok Verma to go on leave following a public spat with his deputy and special CBI director Rakesh Asthana

Latest News: 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 court ordered the government to reinstate him 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 Verma shall cease and desist from taking any major policy decision until the Committee takes a decision, the court said.

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. The word “transfer” cannot be given normal meaning. It has to be understood as encompassing acts, which affect the functioning of CBI Director, said the Supreme Court.

Verma had filed a plea in the Supreme Court and sought the quashing of three orders passed on October 23, 2018. Two orders had been passed by the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT), and one by the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC). In a midnight move in October, the Union government had asked Alok Verma to go on leave following a public spat with his deputy and special CBI director Rakesh Asthana.

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