Gauhati high court declares CBI unconstitutional We hereby...set aside and quash the impugned Resolution, dated April 1, 1963, whereby CBI has been constituted... We do hold that the CBI is neither an organ nor a part of Delhi Special Police Establishment (DSPE) and the CBI cannot be treated as a police force constituted under the DSPE Act, 1946, the court said. It further said the aforementioned home ministry resolution was not the decision of the Union Cabinet nor were these executive instructions assented to by the President. Therefore, the impugned Resolution...can, at best, be regarded as departmental instructions, which cannot be termed as law, the judgement said. The court then set aside and quashed the chargesheet, submitted by CBI, against Kumar, along with the trial. Further, the court said, The actions of the CBI, in registering a case, arresting a person as an offender, conducting search & seizure, prosecuting an accused etc. offend Article 21 of the Constitution and are, therefore, liable to be struck down as unconstitutional. Court, however, said quashing of the proceedings that are pending in the CBI court would not be a bar to any further investigation by police having jurisdiction over the subject-matter.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 17:06:57 +0000
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