* The Supreme Court gave CVC two weeks to complete the enquiry into corruption fees levelled towards CBI director Alok Verma through CBI particular director Rakesh Asthana. The apex courtroom was once hearing the plea filed through Verma on Wednesday challenging centre's decision to divest him of his powers.
* The courtroom mentioned that the inquiry might be carried out underneath the supervision of retired Justice A Okay Patnaik and barred IPS officer M Nageswara Rao, the meantime leader of CBI, from taking any policy or major decision.
* Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday courted arrest after staging a protest outdoor the CBI headquarters in New Delhi. The protest was once towards the centre's transfer to divest CBI leader Verma of his powers.
* State Congress leaders additionally led demonstrations of their regions towards what the Congress described as the "illegal, unconstitutional and illegitimate removal of the CBI director by the Modi-Shah duo".
* The Congress has alleged that Verma's powers had been taken away to prevent an investigation into the alleged 'Rafale scam'.
* Following SC's verdict, Finance minister Arun Jaitley mentioned the federal government has no hobby for or towards someone and is eager handiest on maintaining institutional integrity of the investigative company.
* Jaitley mentioned contemporary developments have eroded CBI's credibility and "CVC, in the interest of fairness, had passed an order that till investigation or inquiry is pending against the two top officers of the CBI, they must step aside and recuse themselves from CBI's function," he mentioned.
* Meanwhile, a top drama had ensued outdoor Verma's place of abode on Thursday morning when his Personal Security Officers (PSOs) manhandled 4 Investigation Bureau (IB) officers who had been parked outdoor Verma's place of abode at Janpath on the suspicion of covert human surveillance and saved them within the place of abode for an hour.
* The CBI, then again, clarified that his officers parked outdoor Verma's space had been on a 'regimen' patrol and weren't snooping on him. The company argued that if the officers would were on a surveillance task then they might were sporting fake id playing cards instead of their reliable IB id playing cards.
* Verma's case in SC is also being supported through an NGO known as 'Common Cause' whose founder H D Shourie questioned the verdict to send the CBI director on leave. This is the same NGO which had unsuccessfully challenged Verma’s appointment in January 2017 alleging that procedures weren't adopted in his selection as leader of the country’s premier investigating the company.
* The courtroom mentioned that the inquiry might be carried out underneath the supervision of retired Justice A Okay Patnaik and barred IPS officer M Nageswara Rao, the meantime leader of CBI, from taking any policy or major decision.
* Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Friday courted arrest after staging a protest outdoor the CBI headquarters in New Delhi. The protest was once towards the centre's transfer to divest CBI leader Verma of his powers.
* State Congress leaders additionally led demonstrations of their regions towards what the Congress described as the "illegal, unconstitutional and illegitimate removal of the CBI director by the Modi-Shah duo".
* The Congress has alleged that Verma's powers had been taken away to prevent an investigation into the alleged 'Rafale scam'.
* Following SC's verdict, Finance minister Arun Jaitley mentioned the federal government has no hobby for or towards someone and is eager handiest on maintaining institutional integrity of the investigative company.
* Jaitley mentioned contemporary developments have eroded CBI's credibility and "CVC, in the interest of fairness, had passed an order that till investigation or inquiry is pending against the two top officers of the CBI, they must step aside and recuse themselves from CBI's function," he mentioned.
* Meanwhile, a top drama had ensued outdoor Verma's place of abode on Thursday morning when his Personal Security Officers (PSOs) manhandled 4 Investigation Bureau (IB) officers who had been parked outdoor Verma's place of abode at Janpath on the suspicion of covert human surveillance and saved them within the place of abode for an hour.
* The CBI, then again, clarified that his officers parked outdoor Verma's space had been on a 'regimen' patrol and weren't snooping on him. The company argued that if the officers would were on a surveillance task then they might were sporting fake id playing cards instead of their reliable IB id playing cards.
* Verma's case in SC is also being supported through an NGO known as 'Common Cause' whose founder H D Shourie questioned the verdict to send the CBI director on leave. This is the same NGO which had unsuccessfully challenged Verma’s appointment in January 2017 alleging that procedures weren't adopted in his selection as leader of the country’s premier investigating the company.
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