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.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/plea-in-supreme-court-seeks-appointment-of-regular-cbi-director-through-high-power-panel/article33991882.ece

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