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SC stays tribunal order quashing CBI Director`s appointment
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an order of a Karnataka Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) quashing the appointment of Dr R K Raghavan as the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
The Supreme Court on Monday stayed an order of a Karnataka Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) quashing the appointment of Dr R K Raghavan as the director of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Issuing notice on a petition filed by the Centre appealing against the Karnataka High Court order refusing to interfere with the tribunal order, a bench comprising Justice G B Pattanaik and Justice R P Sethi referred the petition to a three-judge bench.
On a petition by former director general of police in Karnataka C Dinakar, the CAT on February 8 this year quashed the appointment of Raghavan, who retired from the post of CBI director on April 30, 2001. CAT had also directed the Centre to initiate fresh process of selection for the post of CBI director in terms of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the judgement in Vinnet Narain's case. Appearing for the Centre, attorney general Soli Sorabjee contended that the tribunal as well as the high court have made out a new case which was neither pleaded nor argued by Dinakar. He said that the tribunal and the high court failed to appreciate that the directions of the Apex Court in Vinnet Narain's case regulating the appointment of the CBI director were to be construed as being limited to the subsequent stage of selection from amongst IPS officers, who have already been empanelled for the post of DGP at the Centre by the concerned selection committee. Bureau Report
On a petition by former director general of police in Karnataka C Dinakar, the CAT on February 8 this year quashed the appointment of Raghavan, who retired from the post of CBI director on April 30, 2001. CAT had also directed the Centre to initiate fresh process of selection for the post of CBI director in terms of the law laid down by the Supreme Court in the judgement in Vinnet Narain's case. Appearing for the Centre, attorney general Soli Sorabjee contended that the tribunal as well as the high court have made out a new case which was neither pleaded nor argued by Dinakar. He said that the tribunal and the high court failed to appreciate that the directions of the Apex Court in Vinnet Narain's case regulating the appointment of the CBI director were to be construed as being limited to the subsequent stage of selection from amongst IPS officers, who have already been empanelled for the post of DGP at the Centre by the concerned selection committee. Bureau Report