-The Hindu Business Line The Comptroller and Auditor General's suggestion that the CBI be given constitutional status similar to that of his own office is not without merit. Every now and then, the issue of freeing the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) from the Government's clutches takes on a fresh urgency. The latter's response has been to wait till the fuss died down and eventually do nothing. There are no special reasons...
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Not easy for CBI to be independent agency -Aman Sharma
-The Economic Times The Supreme Court may have called upon the " caged parrot" Central Bureau of Investigation to free itself from the interference of the executive, but the dependence of the agency on its several masters in the government makes it easier said than done. The ministries of home, personnel, law and finance can all be construed as the masters of CBI in one way or the other, given the decisive...
More »CAG report cannot be gospel truth on any issue: Supreme Court
-PTI CAG report commands respect and cannot be brushed aside but it cannot be the final word on an issue, the Supreme Court said on Thursday while noting that the auditor's findings cannot be gospel truth as it is subject to scrutiny by Parliament. A bench of justices KS Radhakrishnan and Dipak Misra said that CAG's report is always subject to parliamentary debates and it is possible that public accounts committee (PAC)...
More »PMO official’s visit to CBI office leaves PM exposed
-The Times of India The Prime Minister's Office (PMO) faced its sharpest indictment in the Supreme Court on Wednesday, with a senior official's visit to the CBI office to scan and suggest changes to an investigation report on coalgate attracting the court's severe ire. The court's scathing comments on Shatrughna Singh, a joint secretary in the PMO, and Ashok Bhalla, a joint secretary in the coal ministry, seeking changes in a draft...
More »coalgate: CVC seeks report from CBI on govt interference in probe
-PTI The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) has sought a detailed report from the CBI over the Centre's interference in its investigation into the coal blocks allocation scam. The CBI has also been asked to submit its latest status report on the case to the commission, official sources said on Thursday, adding the CVC has taken cognizance of reports citing interference in CBI's probe in the coal blocks allocation case. The move came after...
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