Cbi Chief Appointment

As the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will participate in the appointment process for key officials such as the CBI director, the Chief Election Commissioners, National Human Rights Commission chairperson

A Bombay High Court bench led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta on Thursday recused from hearing a petition challenging the appointment of Subodh Jaiswal as the Central Bureau of Investigation director, following a letter of complaint against CJ Datta.

Central Bureau of Investigation chief Subodh Jaiswal urged the Bombay High Court to dismiss a plea filed by Rajendra Trivedi former assistant commissioner of Maharashtra police challenging his appointment as the chief of CBI.

Amid a row over irregularities in staff selection commission or SSC appointments, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today slammed the BJP-led central government for "misusing" federal agencies for settling political scores.

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to respond to the submission of an NGO that there should not be an ad-hoc arrangement and the existing CBI chief should be allowed to continue till a successor is appointed after his tenure.

CBI chief Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been summoned by the cyber cell of the Mumbai Police in connection with a phone-tapping and data leak case that had spawned a political row and a case being heard by the Bombay High Court.

Former CBI official Rakesh Asthana's appointment to the post of Commissioner of Delhi Police and his one-year extension in service has been challenged in the Delhi High Court. The matter will be heard today.

Rakesh Asthana, a former officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was appointed Delhi Police Commissioner on Tuesday, just three days before his retirement.

Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, an IPS officer and the chief of Central Industrial Security Forces, has been appointed as the chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation for a two-year period.

The Supreme Court said today that it will hear in July, a contempt plea against lawyer Prashant Bhushan for tweeting that the government had perhaps submitted fabricated documents of the high-powered selection panel on the appointment of interim CBI chief to the top court. The plea was filed by Attorney General K K Venugopal.

The Supreme Court today declined to interfere in the appointment of Nageswara Rao as the interim director of CBI between January 11 and February 1, after its then chief Alok Verma was sent on forced leave by the government. The top court was responding to a petition filed by a non-profit group Common Cause on the legality and transparency in appoin...

She could have been the first woman to head the CBI, India's premier investigation agency. But "bumped out" by a day's delay in the selection process and now just retired, Rina Mitra, a 1983 batch IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has now been appointed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the state's principal advisor, internal ...

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to lawyer activist Prashant Bhushan following a petition for a contempt case. Attorney General KK Venugopal and the centre had filed the appeal for action against Mr Bhushan for his comments regarding the appointment of interim CBI director Nageshwar Rao.

Attorney General KK Venugopal on Monday filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly scandalising the court with his recent tweets on the appointment of former interim chief of CBI M Nageswara Rao.

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has returned Union Minister Arun Jaitley's jibe on his dissent on the appointment of the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief, saying the value of the prime minister's office was brought down by the way the crucial appointment was dealt with.

As the Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi will participate in the appointment process for key officials such as the CBI director, the Chief Election Commissioners, National Human Rights Commission chairperson

A Bombay High Court bench led by Chief Justice Dipankar Datta on Thursday recused from hearing a petition challenging the appointment of Subodh Jaiswal as the Central Bureau of Investigation director, following a letter of complaint against CJ Datta.

Central Bureau of Investigation chief Subodh Jaiswal urged the Bombay High Court to dismiss a plea filed by Rajendra Trivedi former assistant commissioner of Maharashtra police challenging his appointment as the chief of CBI.

Amid a row over irregularities in staff selection commission or SSC appointments, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee today slammed the BJP-led central government for "misusing" federal agencies for settling political scores.

The Supreme Court has asked the Centre to respond to the submission of an NGO that there should not be an ad-hoc arrangement and the existing CBI chief should be allowed to continue till a successor is appointed after his tenure.

CBI chief Subodh Kumar Jaiswal has been summoned by the cyber cell of the Mumbai Police in connection with a phone-tapping and data leak case that had spawned a political row and a case being heard by the Bombay High Court.

Former CBI official Rakesh Asthana's appointment to the post of Commissioner of Delhi Police and his one-year extension in service has been challenged in the Delhi High Court. The matter will be heard today.

Rakesh Asthana, a former officer of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), was appointed Delhi Police Commissioner on Tuesday, just three days before his retirement.

Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, an IPS officer and the chief of Central Industrial Security Forces, has been appointed as the chief of the Central Bureau of Investigation for a two-year period.

The Supreme Court said today that it will hear in July, a contempt plea against lawyer Prashant Bhushan for tweeting that the government had perhaps submitted fabricated documents of the high-powered selection panel on the appointment of interim CBI chief to the top court. The plea was filed by Attorney General K K Venugopal.

The Supreme Court today declined to interfere in the appointment of Nageswara Rao as the interim director of CBI between January 11 and February 1, after its then chief Alok Verma was sent on forced leave by the government. The top court was responding to a petition filed by a non-profit group Common Cause on the legality and transparency in appoin...

She could have been the first woman to head the CBI, India's premier investigation agency. But "bumped out" by a day's delay in the selection process and now just retired, Rina Mitra, a 1983 batch IPS officer of the Madhya Pradesh cadre, has now been appointed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee as the state's principal advisor, internal ...

The Supreme Court has issued a notice to lawyer activist Prashant Bhushan following a petition for a contempt case. Attorney General KK Venugopal and the centre had filed the appeal for action against Mr Bhushan for his comments regarding the appointment of interim CBI director Nageshwar Rao.

Attorney General KK Venugopal on Monday filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court against lawyer Prashant Bhushan for allegedly scandalising the court with his recent tweets on the appointment of former interim chief of CBI M Nageswara Rao.

Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge has returned Union Minister Arun Jaitley's jibe on his dissent on the appointment of the new Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) chief, saying the value of the prime minister's office was brought down by the way the crucial appointment was dealt with.