CBI can probe without Centres nod In a significant judgment, the Supreme Court gave the CBI a free hand to inquire into corruption charges against top bureaucrats by striking down a law that mandated the agency to seek the Centres nod before investigating officers of the rank of joint secretary and above. Delivering the judgment which will leave the bureaucracy anguished, a five-judge constitution bench comprising Chief Justice R M Lodha and Justices A K Patnaik, S J Mukhopadhaya, Dipak Misra and F M I Kalifulla unanimously ruled that Section 6A in the Delhi Special Police Establishment Act was invalid as it seriously violated the fundamental right to equality before law guaranteed under Article 14 of the Constitution. This is the third time the apex court has overturned a legislative action to fetter the CBI from inquiring against senior babus.
Posted on: Mon, 25 Aug 2014 05:58:03 +0000
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