SC directed Union Government to not appoint CVC without its approval:Supreme Court (SC) on 17 December 2014 directed the Union government to not appoint the Chief Vigilance Commissioner (CVC) and Vigilance Commissioner (VC) without its approval. The apex court asked the Union to constitute a panel comprising of 15 names to select the CVC and submit it in a sealed envelope by 15 January 2015.Although the court allowed the Union government to continue with the selection process but asked it to submit the details of the selection process. To which, Attorney General Mukul Rohtagi informed the court that he will submit the relevant details in sealed cover. The direction was given by a SC bench comprising of Chief Justice of India Justice H L Dattu and Justice Madan B Lokur. The direction was given by the SC while hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) filed by Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO) Centre for Integrity, Governance and Training in Vigilance Administration. In the PIL, the NGO alleged that the selection process for the CVC being done by the Union is opaque as vacancies related to the post of CVC and one VC has not been widely publicized keeping the door closed to common man. The post of CVC and VCs has been lying vacant since the completion of tenure of the then CVC Pradip Kumar and the then VC J M Garg on 28 September 2014 and 7 September 2014 respectively. The NGO further contended that Union government ought to have similar procedure for making appointment of CVC and VCs as is being done in the case of filling up one post of chairperson and eight posts of members in the Lokpal under the provisions of the Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013.
Posted on: Fri, 19 Dec 2014 06:53:02 +0000
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