-The Indian Express The Supreme Court Wednesday said it was perturbed by the CBI changing the "heart" of the coal blocks allotment probe status report at the instance of its "masters" and ordered the agency's director to ensure that Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and other ministers do not have access to such reports in the future. The keenly-watched hearing lasted three hours and witnessed the CBI incurring the wrath of the court...
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‘Can law be enacted to insulate CBI from interference?’-J Venkatesan
-The Hindu The Supreme Court on Wednesday asked Attorney-General G.E. Vahanvati to take instructions from the government whether a law could be enacted to insulate the CBI from extraneous influence and make it an independent organisation and to ensure its functional autonomy. A three-Judge Bench comprising Justices R.M. Lodha, Madan B. Lokur and Kurian Joseph told the A-G: "we would be happy if a law is put in place before the next...
More »Coalgate: SC's caged parrot remark is correct, says CBI chief
-IANS CBI chief Ranjit Sinha Thursday accepted the Supreme Court's observation that the country's premier investigating agency was a "caged parrot" that "speaks in its master's voice". Asked by reporters about his views on the apex court's caged parrot remark, Sinha said: "Whatever Supreme Court said is correct." However, Congress leader Digvijaya Singh said that the court had just made a comment and it was not an order. Moreover, the government had...
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 »CBI has become a caged parrot: Supreme Court on coal scam -Prasad Sanyal
-NDTV The Supreme Court is examining the CBI's nine-page affidavit that details the changes that the agency alleges were made by Law Minister Ashwani Kumar and others to its report on the coal investigation. The affidavit, submitted in the court on Monday, says Mr Kumar deleted a finding on non-preparation of broadsheets or charts by the screening committee and a sentence about scope of inquiry on legality of...
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