Appointment of regular CBI Director Â
Context: A writ petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking the appointment of a regular CBI Director.
Details:
- The petition said such an interim appointment through an executive order was not envisaged in the statutory scheme of the 1946 Act.
- The CBI Director is a sensitive post. The Director is the final authority in the organisation in several sensitive investigations.
About CBI:
- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is the premier investigating agency of India.
- Operating under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.
- Originally set up to investigate bribery and governmental corruption, in 1965 it received expanded jurisdiction to investigate breaches of central laws enforceable by the Government of India, multi-state organised crime, multi-agency or international cases.
- CBI is exempted from the provisions of the Right to Information Act.
- CBI is India's officially designated single point of contact for liaison with the Interpol.
- Head:
- The CBI is headed by a Director, an IPS officer with a rank of Director General of Police.
- The director is selected by a high-profile committee constituted under The Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) Act, 1946 as amended through The Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013, and has a two-year term.