When the Vice President raises concern over the Chief Justice of India’s role in appointing the CBI Director, he touches not on privilege, but on architecture.
The decision on the extension of Sood's tenure was taken by a committee headed by PM Narendra Modi and comprising CJI Sanjiv Khanna and LoP Rahul Gandhi Monday.
Christopher A. Wray's discussion with CBI director & officials focussed on sharing of expertise in investigation of technology-enabled crimes, says CBI statement.
Appointment comes around Congress's Karnataka elections win. State party chief D.K. Shivakumar had called Sood ‘nalayak’, vowing to take action against him once they are in power in the state.
The order comes a day after the Modi government brought in a controversial ordinance, extending the tenure of the ED & CBI chiefs for up to five years.
The action may include forfeiture of Verma's pension and retirement benefits. During his stint in the CBI, he was engaged in a bitter fight with Rakesh Asthana over corruption charges.
The apex court observed that in-charge arrangements for the post cannot go on, and meeting of the high-powered committee, consisting of the PM, should be convened.
RJD, once a prominent representative of Mandal politics, now finds itself in a political era where welfare, good governance, and new aspirations are overshadowing old caste equations.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
It would be a very healthy convention to seek unanimity for appointments where LoP is a member. Else he will routinely be overruled, 2 – 1. To circulate service records of candidates well in time, for these to be studied before the meeting. Institutions affected by osteoporosis will not take India to the First World.
It would be a very healthy convention to seek unanimity for appointments where LoP is a member. Else he will routinely be overruled, 2 – 1. To circulate service records of candidates well in time, for these to be studied before the meeting. Institutions affected by osteoporosis will not take India to the First World.