{"id":204317,"date":"2018-10-26T17:54:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-26T12:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/?p=204317"},"modified":"2018-11-16T15:55:40","modified_gmt":"2018-11-16T10:25:40","slug":"cbi-tussle-sc-lays-down-interim-arrangement-m-nageswara-rao-directed-not-to-take-policy-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scconline.com\/blog\/post\/2018\/10\/26\/cbi-tussle-sc-lays-down-interim-arrangement-m-nageswara-rao-directed-not-to-take-policy-decisions\/","title":{"rendered":"CBI Tussle| SC lays down interim arrangement; M. Nageswara Rao directed not to take policy decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"

Supreme Court: <\/strong>The Bench comprising of CJ Ranjan Gogoi and Sanjay Kishan Kaul and K.M. Joseph, JJ., laid down some interim arrangement in order to govern the present situation.<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Central Government divested the CBI Director Alok Verma and his deputy Special Director Rakesh Asthana of all their powers and sent them on leave pending enquiry against them in the alleged corruption charges.<\/p>\n

The decision was taken on the recommendation of the Central Vigilance Commission which stated that Alok Verma was not cooperating in inquiry in the allegations of corruption and criminal misconduct levelled against him by Rakesh Asthana and it would be only fair to take both off duty till the charges are probed. Furthermore, M. Nageswara Rao, a 1986 Odisha cadre IPS officer who joined the CBI in 2016 was appointed as interim Director of India\u2019s premier investigating the agency.<\/p>\n

Alok Verma has approached the Supreme Court against the order of the Central Government that stripped him off his powers and sent him on forced leave.<\/p>\n

The interim directions by the court are as follows:<\/p>\n