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Consent for CBI
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- The Supreme Court has announced that the state government’s consent is mandatory for the CBI probe in its jurisdiction.
- The central government will not be allowed to extend the agency’s jurisdiction in the state without its consent.
- It is in tune with the principle of federalism.
- The verdict by the Supreme Court has come in the light of eight non BJP states - Kerala, Jharkhand, Bengal, Maharashtra, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, and Punjab, who withdrew general consent for CBI to probe fresh cases in the state’s jurisdiction.
- The Delhi Special Police Establishment Act 1946 regulates the functioning of CBI.
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