The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notice on a PIL challenging the appointment of IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik directed the respondents, including Jaiswal, to file their replies to the PIL by July 18 and have listed the matter for further hearing on July...
The Bombay High Court on Thursday issued notice on a PIL challenging the appointment of IPS officer Subodh Kumar Jaiswal as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
A division bench of Chief Justice Dipankar Datta and Justice MS Karnik directed the respondents, including Jaiswal, to file their replies to the PIL by July 18 and have listed the matter for further hearing on July 28, 2022.
Jaiswal doesn't have the required experience under section 4A of the Delhi Police Establishment Act, 1946, the PIL states.
It adds that strictures were passed by both - the Sessions Court as well as the Supreme Court in respect of the investigation carried out by a Special Investigation Team under his leadership. This material, which has a direct bearing on his credibility were neither placed nor considered by the Committee constituted for appointment of the Director of the CBI, it adds.
The PIL therefore seeks quash Subodh Jaiswal's appointment as the Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation after calling for the record and proceedings regarding the appointment of the respondent No. 3 as a Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation;
It also seeks to call upon Jaiswal to show under what authority he is holding/ occupying the post of Director of the Central Bureau of Investigation.
In the interim, the PIL seeks to restrain him from officiating as Director, CBI.
Notice was issued to Jaiswal. The Additional Solicitor General waived notice for the Union of India, Ministry of Home Affairs and the CBI.
Jaiswal is a 1985 batch IPS officer. In 2002, He was appointed to head the SIT in the famous Telgi Stamp Scam running into hundreds of crores of rupees.
In 2007, strictures were passed against the SIT and Jaiswal regarding faulty investigation.
In 2021, Jaiswal was appointed as the Director CBI despite his lack of expertise in anti corruption cases as required under section 4A of the DSPE Act and without determining the integrity and credibility of the respondent, the plea states.