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Statement of law
May 29 , 2021
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- The Centre has appointed Maharashtra cadre IPS officer of 1985 batch, Subodh Kumar Jaiswal, currently Director General of the Central Industrial Security Force.
- He is appointed as CBI Director for two years.
- The government has picked him from a panel of three officers.
- They were shortlisted by the committee consisting of PM, CJI as well as leader of the largest opposition party in the Lok Sabha.
- They were appointed by the Prime Minister-led Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
- In the PM led panel, Chief Justice of India N.V. Ramana opined to avoid officers with less than six months left to retire for appointment as CBI Director.
- This is being termed as a simple “statement of law”.
- Because, as per the CJI, the panel’s selection of officers should be able to withstand the “scrutiny of law in the future”.
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