SC frowns on interim heads for CBI

The Supreme Court told the government that interim appointments to the post of CBI Director cannot go on.

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The remark came during the hearing of a petition filed by Common Cause, represented by advocate Prashant Bhushan, objecting to the appointment of Praveen Sinha as interim CBI Director following the retirement of Rishi Kumar Shukla on February 2.

The petition said the government had failed to appoint a regular Director through the high-power selection committee of the Prime Minister, Chief Justice of India and Leader of Opposition.

The Common Cause has argued that an interim appointment through an executive order was not envisaged in the statutory scheme of the 1946 Act.

The agency should function independently outside the pale of the Executive or political powers. This was exactly why a high-powered committee selects the CBI Director.