‘CBI needs greater autonomy to be more effective’: Read full text of CJI Ranjan Gogoi’s speech

CJI Ranjan Gogoi said the CBI does a good job whenever there are no political overtones to a case.

Chief Justice of India, Justice Ranjan Gogoi delivers the 18th Dharamnath Prasad Kohli memorial lecture organised by Central Bureau of Investigation, in New Delhi on 13 August, 2019 | PTI

New Delhi: Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi was critical of the CBI, saying it was failing to meet the standards of judicial scrutiny in politically sensitive cases.

Delivering the key note address at the DP Kohli Memorial Lecture, organised after a gap of two years, Gogoi minced no words in pointing out the flaws and strengths of the agency and offered advice for the way forward.

The lecture is organised annually by the CBI in memory of its founder-director, D.P. Kohli, who was the head of investigative agency from 1955 to 1968.

Read the full text of the speech here: